Gather initial thoughts and broad opinions about the book.

1. What knowledge did you have about “best interest attorneys” before reading this novel? How did this information enhance your reading experience? If you had never heard of this concept, what did you learn?

2. Have you read any works that Pekkanen has co-authored with Greer Hendricks, such as The Wife Between Us, An Anonymous Girl: A Novel, and The Golden Couple? Do you notice a distinction between the single-authored and co-authored works? If this is your first novel by Pekkanen, are you interested in reading more?

3. Compare this book to others in the domestic thriller subgenre, like Shari Lapena’s Everyone Here is Lying, Laura Dave’s The Night We Lost Him, or B.A. Paris’s Behind Closed Doors. How does each author approach the “domestic” aspect of the thriller genre? (If you haven’t read these books, take a brief look at their overviews to get a sense of the plot.)