You will never see it coming. But it is the “Sleepaway Soiree” sex party that makes for some of the novel’s most entertaining reading. A Good Marriage Kimberly McCreight, 2020 HarperCollins 400 pp. A character-driven storyline alternating between the Thank you, Harper Books for my copy of A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight, in exchange for my honest review. Zach is such a narcissist jerk and I wanted to punch him in the face so many times. McCreight does an exceptional job of releasing just the right amount of information about certain characters at just the right moment to keep the reader involved. As Lizzie is drawn into the dark heart of idyllic Park Slope, she learns that Zach and Amanda weren’t what they seemed—and that their friends, a close-knit group of fellow parents at the exclusive Grace Hall private school, might be protecting troubling secrets of their own. Categories: Zach is being held at the Rikers Island prison complex, charged with assaulting a police officer, but it’s only a matter of time before he will be charged with murdering Amanda. So, who are our suspects? Long ago the cracks in Lizzie’s marriage had started to show. She gets a call from Zach, a former classmate who is in jail and accused of murdering his wife. The families’ tawdry secrets — peeper pornography on a home computer and a husband’s use of a dating site for married people — make for an interesting contrast to the public images these families present. gruesome murder of his wife, Amanda, and is being held on an assault charge with Amanda reportedly attended a party the night of her death, at | | Lisa Jewell. And none of us will know that until all is said and done.” The same goes for the identity of Amanda’s killer. GENERAL THRILLER & SUSPENSE Grueling hours are standard at elite law firms like Young & Crane, but they’d be easier… GENERAL & DOMESTIC THRILLER McCreight keeps the enigmatic Zach in police custody for the entirety of the novel. Lizzie is a lawyer married to an alcoholic man. “Low expectations” and “Absence makes the heart grow fonder” are just two. | The clues started adding up a chapter or two before the big reveal. GENERAL THRILLER & SUSPENSE As the novel progresses, Laurel becomes increasingly determined to learn what happened to Ellie, especially after discovering an odd connection between Poppy’s mother and her daughter even as her relationship with Floyd is becoming more serious. The real mystery, though, is not the identity of the killer, but the answer to that age old question about solid marriages ... 'A good marriage is the one that survives. And Zach’s the primary suspect. Pre-publication book reviews and features keeping readers and industry influencers in the know since 1933. The last thing Lizzie needs right now is a call from an inmate at Rikers asking for help—even if Zach Grayson is an old friend. Reviews Book Review: A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight. With that Zach continued on up the stairs. Lizzie Kitsakis is working late when she gets the call. Taking up our resources, our time to care for you.” Brooks presents a case for making room for Bigfoot in the world while peppering his narrative with timely social criticism about bad behavior on the human side of the conflict: The explosion of Rainier might have been better forecast had the president not slashed the budget of the U.S. Geological Survey, leading to “immediate suspension of the National Volcano Early Warning System,” and there’s always someone around looking to monetize the natural disaster and the sasquatch-y onslaught that follows.