Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and author for the opportunity to read and review this book!
I loved this book and the way it was written. The basic premise is that Julie, her husband Daniel and their twins move to Cincinnati from Tacoma. Julie is an author and her first book was a success - so much so that she developed a stalker from her law school years. To compound the issue, the book that she wrote is loosely (or not?) based on an incident that happened during that time when a friend died. To get away from the stalker, they pull up their roots and move to Ohio.
One of the first people that Julie meets is the neighbor across the street, John. She finds in him a running buddy but there is some attractiveness between the two. Things in the neighborhood are strange - there is an uber-control freak who seems to rule the entire neighborhood.
There are basically two different timelines...one is from John's perspective counting up towards a legal proceeding. We don't know the details of this proceeding but infer that an accident happened - we're not sure to whom. The other timeline is from Julie's perspective and it starts from the year prior so that we learn all about the past.
I couldn't stop reading this book to find out what happened. It was interesting to read about how Julie was writing her second book and all that success can bring. I loved the theme that such small choices we make everyday can lead to big consequences - both good and bad.
I also just saw that The Murder Game, which was the first book that Julie wrote, is now a new book by Catherine McKenzie (written by Julie)! Love that and can't wait to read that companion book!
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