Patricia Campbell seems like your average suburban housewife: she lives on a cul-de-sac with her husband, two kids, and a dog. She enjoys a glass of white wine at her monthly book club. But the book club doesn't get their reading selections from Oprah — instead, they're reading true crime books, from Helter Skelter to In Cold Blood to Ann Rule. So when a new neighbor strikes Patricia as a bit odd, her husband blames the gruesome books for planting ideas in her head. But Patricia can't shake the idea that something about the neighbor's avoidance of daylight and the disappearance of kids from a poor neighborhood are more than just an ominous coincidence and she enlists her book club to help her solve the mystery.
I have loved every one of Grady Hendrix's novels, and this is definitely no exception. It's clever, creepy, funny, and such a wonderful love letter to the unsung heroes that are stay at home moms. I can see why this appeared on so many Best of 2020 lists. Recommended for fans of horror and humor.
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