They Did It with Love
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3.9 • 8 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Secrets lurk under the smooth surface of a wealthy Connecticut neighborhood, until a murder reveals all
Sofie and her husband have left Manhattan in search of a more tranquil life in the suburbs. But when a member of Sofie's new neighborhood book club turns up dead, things get messy. She discovers that everybody has something to hide, including her own husband. Her neighbor Priscilla has been married to Gordon for fifteen years, but the love left their marriage a long time ago. Susan is Priscilla's biggest supporter until she has to choose between loyalty to her friend and telling the truth. Ashley is eager to fit in, but her youth and status as a second wife keep her on the outside. She may know more than they think she does, though. Julia seems to have it all: the perfect house, job and husband. But her untimely death has people questioning how perfect her life really was. Through this swamp of suburban secrets, Sofie must wade to find the truth behind Julia's murder and the state of her own marriage. They Did It with Love is a delightful, twisty, and twisted exploration of the things we'll do for love.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Agatha Christie meets "Desperate Housewives" in Morgenroths smashing, Stepfordesque mystery. At the heart of the novel is Manhattan bookshop clerk Sofie, whose fathers death has left her wealthy and in need of a change of pace. Her husband suggests moving to posh Greenwich, Conn., where she falls in with a group of bored, bitchy and smart housewives who gossip, drink too much and occasionally cat around with each others husbands. When young trophy wife Julia is found swinging from a tree in her front yard, the obvious conclusion is suicidebut both cops and neighbors suspect murder, and mystery addict Sofie sets out to do a little sleuthing. Morgenroth ("Saved") places Sofie precisely in her contrasting urban and suburban settings with elegant prose, from a tangle of dark grey branches in Central Park to maple leaves that drifted downa bright autumn redleaving a carpet on the ground like a huge pool of blood. The character development and local color are so strong that this would be a hit even without the dazzling surprise ending. "" .
