Well this was quite the suspenseful suburban noir. It really kept me turning pages and I stayed up past my bedtime to finish it, always the sign of a good suspense novel.

This debut novel by Irish anaesthetist and writer Clara Dillon is set in suburban south Dublin. Sara and her husband Adam have moved from London to Dublin with their daughter Lexie for a fresh start.

While Adam is busy getting his fledgling business off the ground, Sara is occupied with trying to settle Lexie into her new school. She invites popular classmate Polly on a playdate, but Polly’s mother Vanessa, queen of the so-called “Beautiful Mums” is a force to be reckoned with (or a royal pain in the arse depending on your perspective). When a tragic accident happens on the playdate, Sara is desperate to prove that it wasn’t her fault, but who is to be believed and how will they all move on?

I read the book in three sittings. While some suspension of disbelief is required (as with all thrillers) and the schoolgate politics is somewhat exaggerated (though these cliques definitely do exist
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