4 StarsI don’t read a lot of mystery/thriller books...but this book makes me want to. I’m not sure how this would stand up for someone who does read a lot of the genre; all I know is, I certainly enjoyed it and was guessing until the very end. The story felt firm, the characters felt real, and I felt very immersed it in all the whole time I was reading it. I will definitely pick up more from this author in the future.

This is impressive, slow-burn, murder mystery/legal thriller hooks you up by the author’s creative writing skills and you start to read each parties’ back stories and welcome them like they’re one of your friends or family acquaintances and twisty final revelations, cliffhangers grip you from your throat and as your heart rating hits the roof, you just flip the pages nonstop, tsking, changing your guesses several times to find who is the murderer and author keeps on killing your spidey senses. (...

It was a good marriage...until it was not! This book had alot going on in between those pages. A murder, a key party, lawyers, lovers, losers and liars! Whew this book had it all. I was all in from page one.After attending a key party, a woman is brutally murdered in her home. First off- do key parties really exist? I thought that was something from the 1990's??? No, I am wrong? Okay well I will be first to admit that I am NOT into that. Yet, this made for some great reading material! So this mu...

BOTM Pick May 2020As someone who thoroughly enjoyed Kimberly McCreight's previous novels, I was dying to get my hands on her upcoming release, A Good Marriage, even though I've become a bit jaded when it comes to domestic suspense. The gamble paid off, as the author has woven quite the web of deceit and inserted many twists and turns with her particular brand of sleight of hand. Please don't let the 400 page count turn you off from picking this one up; while I did feel a few things could have be...

“A good marriage is the one that survives.”Secrets, lies, and obsession lead to murder in A Good Marriage. This is one twisted tale of deceit! Four couples whose seemingly perfect marriages are slowly imploding. All are keeping secrets, and the cracks are starting to show. Some are bigger than others, but all are hidden behind well-crafted lies. Their lies slowly unravel, as do their marriages, leading to shocking revelations, and, ultimately, to murder.The narrative focuses primarily on Lizzie,...

surprisingly solid!i think this was a book of the month selection at one point, but the cover really turned me off. once i really examined it after picking it up i didn't totally hate it... it just wasn't eye catching enough to get me interested. and the title? well let's just say i have a complicated (read: i think they suck ass) relationship with truly domestic thrillers.but this was really solid. anytime i thought i knew whodunit, more information was made available that had me questioning ev...

Lizzie is working late one evening at the law office of Young & Crane when she receives a call that is about to turn her world upside down. The call is collect and it's coming from Rykers prison. More specifically from a Zach Grayson who was a friend of hers from law school. Curiosity compels her to take the call. It appears Zach has been charged in his wife's murder and it is Lizzie who he wants to represent him. This is an example of domestic suspense done right and I say that because a huge p...

How much do we really know about the person to whom we’re married? How much do we care? These questions are at the forefront of Kimberly McCreight's new book, A Good Marriage .When Lizzie met Sam, she thought she had truly found a partner in taking on the world. She’d be a prosecutor and he’d be a writer, both beating back injustice. But things didn’t work out the way she hoped. Now their relationship is filled with anger and guilt, and Lizzie was forced to take a job at a fancy law firm and

4.25 StarsAn Excellent Reminder as to Why I’m Not Married! Baaawaah!!! Thank goodness for Kimberly McCreight! Lately I’ve been reading what I would describe as “less than stellar” domestic suspense/thrillers and then this one came along and all I have to say is Heck Ya!!“A Good Marriage” is crazy, totally wicked and full of surprises. This one got me and got me good. While I feel that there may have been one or two over the top moments, this is in fact one of the best thrillers I’ve read all ye...

the more i read domestic mystery/thriller novels, the more marriage seems like a bad idea. i mean, i never want to judge anyones living situation - whatever floats your boat - but the people in this book are crazy. lol.and although the characters are fascinating to read about, what i really liked about this was how much it focused on the legal side of the investigation. i think some readers might consider the pacing to be on the slower side of things because a lot of page time is focused on lega...

Thank you for the marriage lesson! I totally . . . blasé my way through this.Lizzie Kitsakis receives a call from an old friend, Zach Grayson, asking her to represent him as his lawyer because he’s been targeted by the police as the primary suspect for the murder of his wife.For a thriller about husbands and wives in their picturesque neighborhood with their lies and secrets and shady behaviors tucked behind closed doors, this book is relatively stale. I was perfectly calm and unaffected with my...

What makes a good marriage? How many marriages do we think are solid only to watch them fall apart? How many do we think are troubled, only to see them weather the storm and survive? We all bring our sometimes complicated past experiences into our relationships. Couples compromise and make adjustments to make a long-term marriage work. The intimate details of a relationship aren’t usually the subject of casual conversation. That is, unless you live in the Park Slopes neighborhood of NYC. Then, n...

4.5 starsOkay, wow I did not expect to love this the way I did. This is a thriller that is slightly out of my comfort zone because it's more of a legal thriller. It's about this woman Lizzie who is an attorney and she gets a phone call from a guy she went to law school with who was just arrested on the suspicion that he's murdered his wife. He wants her to represent him and she can't figure out why because she doesn't work in criminal law. This book was a roller coaster. I was personally hooked

This does remind me, in style, of “Big Little Lies”, so I am not surprised to see that it is COMING SOON, from Amazon and Nicole Kidman’s Blossom Films! “CLOSING YOUR EYES WON’T STOP THE BAD THINGS FROM FINDING YOU”Lizzie Kitsakis doesn’t practice Criminal Law. But, she is the only one that Zach Grayson trusts, when he ends up at Rikers for assaulting an Officer, and is held as a suspect in his wife Amanda’s death. At least that is the EXCUSE he gives her...Amanda is just trying to fit in, with

What makes a good marriage? We see couples in various places, some talking little to each other, others holding hands, acting lovey dovey. But we know looks can be deceiving, and those of us who have been married a while know there is much going on the background that others do not see. In this book we observe four marriages, each unique, each with their own problems. Problems that remain hidden until the wife in one is murdered, her husband accused of the crime. Now all bets are off, and the se...

Perfect title for this book… every marriage featured here is anything but good! Lol!Lizzie and Sams’ marriage has hit rock-bottom. Lizzie has been forced to set her dreams of working as a prosecutor on hold. Instead, she’s virtually switched sides, now working with the defense, in order to earn enough to pay for Sam’s “actions.”Lizzie receives a call from an old University friend Zach pleading for help and Lizzie knows immediately she’s in over her head. She just has no idea how deeply. As the j...

When Lizzie was last happy, she was a prosecutor and married to Sam, and now she’s forced to work in an elite law firm where she doesn’t want to be. Now, an inmate, who also happens to be a former friend, is asking her for help.The help? Her friend, Zach’s, wife is found at the bottom of the stairs, and he is the suspect. All is not as it appears with Zach and his wife... and what Lizzie is about to experience will question everything she thinks she knows about “good marriages.”A Good Marriage i...

When a young woman with a dark past is found murdered, her husband is accused. But what secrets was she hiding, and what is going on behind closed doors in the very upscale, seemingly picture perfect neighborhood of Park Slope? Part legal thriller, part domestic suspense, pure page turner, this is a novel that will have you questioning everything you thought you knew about marriage.

It’s so simple at the beginning. You meet someone gorgeous and smart and funny. Somebody who’s better than you—you both know it, at least on some level. You fall in love with them. But you fall even more in love with their idea of you. You feel lucky. Because you are lucky. Then time passes. You both change too much. You stay too much the same. The truth worms its way out, and the horizon grows dark. Eventually all you’re left with is somebody who sees you for who you really are. And sooner or l...