This was one of those books that wormed its way into my basket at Waterstones, thanks to their amazing buy one get one half price offer and a vague recollection of someone talking about something else Moriarty had written.
Three very different women come together when their children start school. Single mum, Jane, is new to the area and she is taken under the wings of Madeline and Celeste. Some of the characters were a little stereotypical, and felt like devices used to move the plot forward but the central characters were intriguing. The ‘thriller’ element of the plot was capably handled, though I think many readers will guess how all the pieces come together. I did, on occasion, find the interview snippets a distraction and felt they got in the way of the story rather than adding anything to it.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the book as I was reading it but it isn’t one that I’d go back to.