Over-extended financially, caught up in self-owned scandals at their jobs and with a housed literally crumbling around them, Mack and Hailey Evans find themselves desperate to move forward. Their house is in the upper crust small community of Bratenahl on the shores of Lake Erie. The couple is vexed by the constant needs of their young daughters and their naughty dachshund Gulliver. All this leads to stress but maybe a life-saving moment arrives with several anonymous checks totaling $47,000. Of course there's a catch and Mack especially finds himself manipulated by this hidden figure who constantly ups the ante. As their marriage suffers with the house also falling apart the couple become desperate and lash out at each other. Older readers may recall the 1989 film War of the Roses starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. where a couple find themselves in a money pit of a home. The story moves along at a brisk pace as a can't-look-away trainwreck and readers may want to grab Mack and Hailey by the neck and shout, "What are you thinking?" Over-extended financially, caught up in self-owned scandals at their jobs and with a housed literally crumbling around them, Mack and Hailey Evans find themselves desperate to move forward. Their house is in the upper crust small community of Bratenhal on the shores of Lake Erie. The couple is vexed by the constant needs of their young daughters and their naughty dachshund Gulliver. All this leads to stress but maybe a life-saving moment arrives with several anonymous checks totalling $47,000. But of course there's a catch and Mack especially finds himself manipulate by this hidden figure who constantly ups the anty. As their marriage suffers with the house also falling apart the couple becomes desperate and lash out at each other. Older readers may recall the 1989 film War of the Roses starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. where a couple find themselves in a moneypit of a home. The story moves along at a brisk pace as a can't-look-away trainwreck and readers may want to grab Mack and Hailey by the neck and shout, "What are you thinking?"

I flew through Very Slowly All at Once by Lauren Schott! Mack and Hailey are living an upper/middle class life that looks shiny on the outside, but is so close to cracking underneath. Between money stress, family stuff, and keeping up appearances, they’re barely holding it together. Then out of nowhere, these mysterious checks start showing up in their mailbox. You know that nothing good is going to come from this, but watching it unravel was so addictive! If you love domestic thrillers packed with suspense, tension that feels a little too real, and morally gray characters you can’t look away from, add this one to your list!