When Callie moved into her new neighborhood, she thought it would be easy to fit in. The other parents have been strangely hostile, though, and her frail daughter Rae is finding it impossible to make friends. Suzy, with her rich husband and her three energetic children, has been the only one to reach out, although their friendship has recently felt inexplicably strained. Now the police have suggested that someone dangerous may be living in their neighborhood, and the atmosphere feels even more toxic. Then there’s the matter of Callie’s ex-husband, and the shocking truth behind their divorce . . . a truth that she would do anything to hide. (Description from http://www.amazon.com)
My thoughts:
Finally, a book that I started reading and couldn't stop! At first I thought it was going to be a chick lit type book, with the title being The Playdate and all. It is not a funny story about mothers meeting other mothers at the park. It is a bit more serious and psychological.
The writing is excellent and Louise Millar finds a way to keep you vested in the plot. You know that things with the main characters are a little off, but you can't put your figure on exactly why so you keep on reading.
Louise Millar successfully used three characters as narrators; Callie, Suzy and Debs. Each managed to have something to hide and the author was able to bring you more than half way through the story before revealing important information about each character. Just when I thought I had it all figured out...
I can't reveal to much more without giving away some of the plot, so I am going to stop here. But I enjoyed it and would read another book by this author.
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