Kate Klein is a suburban mother of three, married to a man who's more involved with his job than his family. Having left New York after being stroller-jacked, she hates her tiny Connecticut town with its perfect mommies and longs for a little excitement. (If you're familiar with Jennifer Weiner novels, she's a pretty typical character, and in some ways, the same character as many of her books.) So when another mommy turns up dead with a knife in her back, Kate, a former "reporter" is on the case.
It's a pretty funny conceit - she investigates every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday between 8:45 and 11:30 while her kids are in nursery school. But I thought it fell a little flat. I definitely felt like I was a few years too young and a few kids too short to really appreciate it. It does deal with some interesting issues, as Kate turns up the reality behind the masks of her Stepford wife neighbors. It leaves a few loose ends, but I didn't feel involved enough to really care. An entertaining quick read, but nothing more.
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