Summary: At the beginning of the novel we meet Bree, a young woman who is currently homeless and living out of her car. She decides to climb the fence of a vacant property in Beverly Hills and sleep in the poolhouse for the night. When the owner’s daughter Sophie discovers Bree, she offers her some help and an invitation to a party at the house. Bree attends, and the party is a success, however in the morning there is a dead body floating in the pool. Knowing she would be a suspect, Bree runs. In an effort to discover the real murderer, she teams up with Sophie’s brother Carter to investigate, but they quickly realize they might be in over their heads when bullets start flying.

Thoughts: This novel contains all the popular elements of a thriller – alternating points of view, twisty plot, surprises, quick pace, and reasonably short chapters – along with a great setting. At certain points I found the constant changing in POV to be a little jarring and disruptive to the flow of the story. It is altogether a solid thriller, but I didn’t connect with the characters. The feel and tone of the ending also struck me as odd, given the rhapsodizing that Bree does throughout the novel about her attachment to her perfect husband. A good summer thriller choice, perhaps by the pool.