Goodnight Nobody

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Includes a readers club guide.
Having relocated to an alienating Connecticut suburb after a mugging in her native New York City, wife and mother Kate Klein undertakes a murder investigation during her children's school hours when a local mom is killed.

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Drew me in submitted by Susan4Pax -prev. sueij- on July 14, 2014, 7:51pm Jennifer Weiner's books always delight me, because I remember that I like her as an author, pick them up to read thinking they are romances, and then find out (since I never read the back covers) that they are something else entirely.

The completely irrelevant cover doesn't hurt the mistaken impression.

This one was actually about a woman whose life has taken an abrupt turn in the last few years, and suddenly finds herself trapped in a hellish CT suburb, surrounded by "perfect" mommies, raising three kids under five, and wondering where her life and mind went. Then a neighbor is murdered, and she rediscovers her love of using her brain and tries to figure out whodunnit. Clumsily.

I enjoyed this quite a bit. The juxtaposition of who Kate wants to be vs. who she has ended up being vs. who the world around her expects her to be is creative and well done. The mystery was sufficiently interesting to draw me in and keep me picking the book back up every chance I got.

I need to remember this author when I'm looking for light fiction.