An expertly crafted, well-paced thriller.

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I raced through this edge-of-your-seat thriller—what a treat! I’ve read a few of Kimberly McCreight’s earlier thrillers—*Reconstructing Amelia* and *Where They Found Her*—and love her style of writing: expertly crafted with believable dialogue and full of well-paced twists. *A Good Marriage* does not disappoint. McCreight examines all facets of what “a good marriage” really encompasses—is it the couple that communicates best? The couple that has “equal” responsibilities in the home? The most affectionate partner? And yet, all couples have secrets and McCreight explores that from all angles.

Lizzie Kitsakis is a lawyer (with marital problems of her own), when she gets the call from a former Penn Law School classmate, Zach Grayson, who is the prime suspect for the murder of his beautiful wife Amanda. Lizzie doesn’t want to take on a murder case, but she’s persuaded by Zach and she’s also looking for a reason to escape the issues she’s experiencing with her own husband, Sam. What Lizzie isn’t prepared for is to be drawn into the darkness of the otherwise tranquil Park Slope neighborhood in Brooklyn. She learns that Zach and Amanda both had troubling secrets and that their close friends (a group of parents at the posh Brooklyn Country Day school) also may have something to hide.

McCreight really gets inside the mind of her characters, offering nuanced portraits of couples’ marriages. I just heard that Nicole Kidman will adapt the book for an Amazon series and I can’t wait to see this smart read set to the small screen. I did not want this book to end!