This book tells the story of three women who have children starting kindergarten together in an affluent Australian town. It starts at the school fundraiser, Trivia Night, where “something” has happened. We get snippets from the witnesses as they talk to the police. The book then jumps back six months, and we see how the women meet and how their lives become entangled.
With all the talk of helicopter parenting, this book covers those types of parents and more with humor, suspense and some tragedy. I loved the main characters and enjoyed following their stories and learning about their lives, but I also enjoyed the humorous snippets throughout from the other parents. This is an easy, quick read that I ended up reading over a long weekend because I needed to know what that something was that happened at Trivia Night . A definite recommendation. I enjoyed Moriarty, whom I had never read before. I have now reserved one of her other novels.