Liane Moriarty

"U Stėna i Dzhoĭ Delėĭni, nekogda izvestnykh tennisistov, chetvero vzroslykh deteĭ, kotorye, nesmotri︠a︡ na vneshni︠u︡i︠u︡ uspeshnostʹ, stradai︠u︡t ot psikhologicheskikh travm rodom iz detstva, vyzvannykh sopernichestvom na tennisnom korte i borʹboĭ za vnimanie roditeleĭ. Revnostʹ k roditeli︠a︡m eshche bolʹshe usilivaetsi︠a︡ posle togo, kak vnezapno poi︠a︡vivshai︠a︡si︠a︡ v dome neznakomai︠a︡...

Follows three mothers, each at a crossroads, and their potential involvement in a riot at a school trivia night that leaves one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but which evidence shows might have been premeditated.

On the surface, everything seems the same in the seaside town of Monterey, CA: mothers continue to dote, husbands support, children are adorable, houses are beautiful. But the night of the school fundraiser changed all that. Meanwhile, Perry's grieving mother Mary Louise Wright comes to town in search of answers after the son's death.

Three mothers whose seemingly perfect lives unravel to the point of murder. As loyalties are tested, trouble returns with the potential for emotional and bodily injury. Madeline, Celeste, Jane, Renata, and Bonnie look to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives as an outsider comes searching for answers.