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About the Book
It was all confidential. Right up to the moment when it wasn’t.
UrbanMyth: It was lauded as an alternative to the performative, show-your-best-self platforms—an anonymous discussion board grouped by zip code. The residents of Manhattan’s exclusive Upper East Side disclosed it all, things they would never share with their friends or their spouses: secret bank accounts, steamy affairs, tidbits of juicy gossip. The same people who, as parents, go to astonishing lengths to ensure that their children gain admission to the most prestigious boarding schools and universities. So when a “hacktivist” group breaks into the forum and exposes the real identity of each poster, the repercussions echo down Park Avenue with a force that none could have anticipated.
And someone ends up dead.
Is the murderer Heather, the outsider who would do anything to get her daughter into the elite’s good graces and into their even better schools? Norah, the high-powered executive failing to balance work with the emotional responsibilities of motherhood? Or Poppy, whose perfect-on-the-outside façade conceals more than her share of secrets?
Each of them has something to hide.
Each of them will do anything to keep secrets hidden.
And each of them just might kill to protect their own.
My Review
I enjoyed this one. It was a little over the top but in an enjoyable way, largely because of the very easy and engaging writing style. I was drawn in early on, and even when the neuroses were at their most intense, I still enjoyed the ride. The resolution was tidy but somehow not inappropriate or even unexpected – even though I didn’t see it coming (if that makes any sense).
This was a pleasant vacation read, full of enough secrets and lies and misdirection to hold my interest from the first pages through to the bitter end.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my obligation-free review copy.
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