In this debut novel from Renee Shafransky, divorcee Nora lives in the small town of Pequod, New York, where she works for the local paper. Her ex-husband, Hugh, is an artist who uses his personal life to inspire his art, like the time he impregnated Helene while still married to Nora. Hugh moves his new family to Pequod and Nora, unable to avoid them, fantasizes about the happy couple meeting a violent end. Of course, when Hugh and Helene are murdered, the police start looking into Nora as the prime suspect. But how can she convince them she's innocent when she has no memory of the night in question?
Despite the memory loss premise and unreliable narrator, this novel has more of a traditional mystery structure than some of the newer psychological thrillers. There were a few red herrings that were left unresolved in the conclusion, or mentioned once and never again, which took away from the ending for me. This book was enjoyable on the surface but ultimately not the kind of thriller that leaves everyone talking. 3.5/5
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