Not that i could tell - jessica strawser

Full of slow-burning intrigue, Strawsers second novel will appeal to fans of Liane Moriartys Big Little Lies and Jennifer Kitses Small Hours .

-- Booklist *Book of the Month Club Selection An innocent night of fun takes a shocking turn in Not That I Could Tell , the next page-turner from Jessica Strawser, author of Almost Missed You .

When a group of neighborhood women gathers, wine in hand, around a fire pit where their backyards meet one Saturday night, most of them are just ecstatic to have discovered that their baby monitors reach that far.

Its a rare kid-free night, and theyre giddy with it.

They drink too much, and the conversation turns personal.

By Monday morning, one of them is gone.

Everyone knows something about everyone else in the quirky small Ohio town of Yellow Springs, but no one can make sense of the disappearance.

Kristin was a sociable twin mom, college administrator, and doctors wife who didnt seem all that bothered by her impending divorce--and the investigation turns up more questions than answers, with her husband, Paul, at the center.

For her closest neighbor, Clara, the incident triggers memories she thought shed put behind her--and when shes unable to extract herself from the widening circle of scrutiny, her own suspicions quickly grow.

But the neighborhoods newest addition, Izzy, is determined not to jump to any conclusions--especially since shes dealing with a crisis of her own.

As the police investigation goes from a media circus to a cold case, the neighbors are forced to reexamine whats going on behind their own closed doors--and to ask how well anyone really knows anyone else.