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In this "perfect dose of twisty, decadent fun" (Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author) by the bestselling author of Wish You Were Gone, a single mom goes undercover to investigate a host of disturbing and even deadly secrets in the local suburban parent-school association.

Paige Lancaster, single mom and prodigal daughter, has returned to the East Coast from her prestigious, well-paid job writing for the smartest detective series on television. Something terrible happened to her back in Hollywood, and now she's broke, homeless, and living with her widowed mother and eight-year-old daughter, Izzy, in her Connecticut hometown.

Paige needs to buckle down and find a new writing gig but first, she meets the movers and shakers of Izzy's school's Parent Booster Association, run by the intimidatingly gorgeous Ainsley Anderson, who just happens to be married to Paige's old high school flame, John.

But when she shows up at the annual Parents and Pinot fundraiser, held at Ainsley and John's dazzling mansion in the toniest part of town, she's caught in a compromising position with John, accidentally destroys the guest bathroom, overhears an incriminating conversation, and discovers that her purse has gone missing. And later that night, Ainsley turns up dead at the bottom of her own driveway.

Did she fall? Or was she pushed?

Paige may have only written about detectives, but she is convinced she can handle a little undercover sleuthing. After all, it'll give her an excuse to spend more time with John. Still, she can't help but wonder: could he be capable of murder? Or could one of the PBA members have planned a dastardly crime to reach the top? But the most important question of all in this "clever, brisk" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) mystery: will Paige ever get her life back on track?