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COMING SOON FROM AMAZON AND NICOLE KIDMAN’S BLOSSOM FILMS

A New York Times Summer Reads Selection | A People Best Book of the Summer | A Library Reads Pick | A Book Riot Addictive New Thriller to Add to Your TBR Pile | A Book of the Month Selection | A Publishers Weekly Summer Reads Pick | A Bookish Most-Anticipated Novel | A Good Morning America “Binge This!” Pick

Big Little Lies meets Presumed Innocent in this “irresistible domestic drama” (Washington Post) from the New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia, in which a woman’s brutal murder reveals the perilous compromises some couples make–and the secrets they keep–in order to stay together.

Lizzie Kitsakis is working late when she gets the call. Grueling hours are standard at elite law firms like Young & Crane, but they’d be easier to swallow if Lizzie was there voluntarily. Until recently, she’d been a happily underpaid federal prosecutor. That job and her brilliant, devoted husband Sam–she had everything she’d ever wanted. And then, suddenly, it all fell apart.

No. That’s a lie. It wasn’t sudden, was it? Long ago the cracks in Lizzie’s marriage had started to show. She was just good at averting her eyes.

The last thing Lizzie needs right now is a call from an inmate at Rikers asking for help–even if Zach Grayson is an old friend. But Zach is desperate: his wife, Amanda, has been found dead at the bottom of the stairs in their Brooklyn brownstone. And Zach’s the primary suspect.

As Lizzie is drawn into the dark heart of idyllic Park Slope, she learns that Zach and Amanda weren’t what they seemed–and that their friends, a close-knit group of fellow parents at the exclusive Brooklyn Country Day school, might be protecting troubling secrets of their own. In the end, she’s left wondering not only whether her own marriage can be saved, but what it means to have a good marriage in the first place.

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Sarah Zimmerman is the narrator of A Good Marriage audiobook that was written by Kimberly McCreight

Kimberly McCreight is the New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia, which was nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, and Alex Awards; Where They Found Her; and The Outliers young adult trilogy. She attended Vassar College and graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters.

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Kimberly McCreight is the author of A Good Marriage

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Narrator Sarah Zimmerman
Length 12 hours 57 minutes
Author Kimberly McCreight
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date May 05, 2020
ISBN 9780063007161

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The publisher of the A Good Marriage is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, Suspense, Thrillers

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The publisher of the A Good Marriage is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780063007161.

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Goodreads Reviews

Nilufer

August 07, 2022

This is impressive, slow-burn, murder mystery/legal thriller hooks you up by the author’s creative writing skills and you start to read each parties’ back stories and welcome them like they’re one of your friends or family acquaintances and twisty final revelations, cliffhangers grip you from your throat and as your heart rating hits the roof, you just flip the pages nonstop, tsking, changing your guesses several times to find who is the murderer and author keeps on killing your spidey senses. (By the way I guessed the killer right but it was my third guess and I popped up three fish oil pills to have brighter mind during my read but as you may see, it didn’t work so well) As a result: This is one of my best reads and I’m hitting my forehead several times for being first timer reader of this brilliant author’s works. This book made me rethink about my priorities during my grading of the books. I normally hate too many characters because you overload extreme information on your head: the characters’ attributes, their own back stories including families, flaws, traumas, dramas, close circle, which makes you turn back a few pages to remember those details because they might give you important clues to solve the mystery. Sometimes each detail at the book may represent crucial facts about the big revelation parts. This book has so many characters but the good thing is both of them are truly well-developed, layered and you may see them objectively without judging or annoying their flaws, mistakes. As a matter of fact: none of them are despicable or too unlikable to give you urge to punch them. (which it’s a brilliant thing for me because I don’t like gritting my teeth when a character appears on the page and fantasizing 100 ways of getting rid of him/her because it cuts my attention and I cannot fully concentrate on the story.) I summarize the plot for you: Lizzie Kitsakis is already overwhelmed by her grueling working hours at her elite law firm Young& Crane, thanks to her husband suffering alcoholism and insisting of chasing his dreams to be a successful writer ( he lost it after being sacked from New York Times and several other important gigs because of too much connection with tempting liquids and let’s not forget he crashed into a historic pub with his car and damaged the place!) Her marriage is about to end. She sees it coming. She has already too much on her plate and as a phone call from prison at the evening makes things more complicated. Because the caller is Zach Grayson, a close friend from her college times needs her help to prove his innocence. He is murder suspect! His wife Amanda has found dead at the bottom of the stairs of their Park Slope apartment. As soon as Lizzie reluctantly takes the case, she finds herself dig out the dark world of Park Slope neighborhood, cyber bullying scandal at Grace Hall private school, lies, swapping secret parties. When she finds out more about the close-knit group’s marriage dynamics, she is forced to face her own dysfunctional marriage problems. Overall: Even though there are too many characters and the beginning is a little slow for my own reading pace, I loved character development and unique criticizing and realistic portraits of marriages. I’m giving my 4 shiny, mysterious, gripping for stars. This is one of my winners of the year!

Chelsea

May 05, 2020

BOTM Pick May 2020As someone who thoroughly enjoyed Kimberly McCreight's previous novels, I was dying to get my hands on her upcoming release, A Good Marriage, even though I've become a bit jaded when it comes to domestic suspense. The gamble paid off, as the author has woven quite the web of deceit and inserted many twists and turns with her particular brand of sleight of hand. Please don't let the 400 page count turn you off from picking this one up; while I did feel a few things could have been edited out, overall this is a fast paced read that doesn't save all the AHA! moments for the climax. In short, if you're looking for a suspense novel with substance and depth, and are hoping to stave off the self-isolation boredom, I can't imagine a better way to do so than with A Good Marriage.*Many thanks to the publisher for providing my review copy.

Meredith (Slowly Catching Up)

May 23, 2020

“A good marriage is the one that survives.”Secrets, lies, and obsession lead to murder in A Good Marriage. This is one twisted tale of deceit! Four couples whose seemingly perfect marriages are slowly imploding. All are keeping secrets, and the cracks are starting to show. Some are bigger than others, but all are hidden behind well-crafted lies. Their lies slowly unravel, as do their marriages, leading to shocking revelations, and, ultimately, to murder.The narrative focuses primarily on Lizzie, a lawyer who is about to defend her old law school friend, Zach, for the murder of his wife, Amanda. Lizzie is not only dealing with defending Zach, but also with her own marriage, which is hanging on by a thread.Amanda, the dead wife of Zach, was running from her dark past, but it seems like her past has caught up with her. When she is found murdered at the bottom of her stairs, her husband is the number one suspect in her murder.Told through the eyes of Lizzie and Amanda (before her murder), both of their secrets are gradually revealed. Neither one of their stories quite adds up until the truth is finally exposed!It took me a little while to get into this book. There are a lot of characters to keep track of, and I found the beginning to be a little slow. However, there’s a certain moment that caught my attention (I don’t want to give any spoilers, so I will keep the specifics to myself), and after that moment, I was hooked! The characters were interesting and the holes in their stories made this even more interesting to read. I liked both Lizzie and Amanda. Then there was Zach. Zach’s character was a first-class a**hole. I wanted to run him over with my car! The ending felt a little unbelievable in just how the four couples were linked, but it made for good reading! I still have a few unanswered questions, but I am going to let them go. At the same time, I really enjoyed seeing how things played out. Some elements took me by surprise, and I loved the final scene between Lizzie and Zach!Overall, this is a page-turning, dark psychological thriller that kept me entertained and shut down my overly critical brain!

jessica

August 26, 2021

the more i read domestic mystery/thriller novels, the more marriage seems like a bad idea. i mean, i never want to judge anyones living situation - whatever floats your boat - but the people in this book are crazy. lol.and although the characters are fascinating to read about, what i really liked about this was how much it focused on the legal side of the investigation. i think some readers might consider the pacing to be on the slower side of things because a lot of page time is focused on legalities and court room scenes and interviews, but i really enjoyed it. i will say i was able to pick up on who did it quite quickly, but it was interesting to discover the why. i think the way the information unfolds in present time, and in the flashback scenes, is done really well.overall, a very solid novel that has me motivated to pick up more books by this author!↠ 4 stars

chan ☆

October 28, 2020

surprisingly solid!i think this was a book of the month selection at one point, but the cover really turned me off. once i really examined it after picking it up i didn't totally hate it... it just wasn't eye catching enough to get me interested. and the title? well let's just say i have a complicated (read: i think they suck ass) relationship with truly domestic thrillers.but this was really solid. anytime i thought i knew whodunit, more information was made available that had me questioning everything. and the general theme of the book, about marriage, wasn't as heavy handed as i expected it to be.i think the best thrillers are the one that really bring out the depravity of human nature in a way that is real and convincing. because that is truly scary. and this book really did deliver. i'd honestly recommend this if you, like me, have had some mixed luck with thrillers this year.tw: sexual assault, stalking

Gabby

May 19, 2020

4.5 starsOkay, wow I did not expect to love this the way I did. This is a thriller that is slightly out of my comfort zone because it's more of a legal thriller. It's about this woman Lizzie who is an attorney and she gets a phone call from a guy she went to law school with who was just arrested on the suspicion that he's murdered his wife. He wants her to represent him and she can't figure out why because she doesn't work in criminal law. This book was a roller coaster. I was personally hooked from the beginning, it did take about fifty pages or so before it picked up for me but once it did, wow. I like that we have two POV chapters in this book, we alternate between Lizzie's present day chapters and then in alternate chapters we get Amanda's POV (the girl who died) six days before her death. Some aspects of this book reminded me of Big Little Lies with the way we follow all of these suburban moms and their scandalous behavior. And the plot twists were solid, there were a few twists that had my mouth hanging open in shock or of me saying out loud: 'what the fuck?'I was thoroughly impressed by the writing in this book. I devoured this story in two sittings because I had to know what was going on and every time I thought I figured it out I was wrong. I would definitely like to check out more books from this author, this is my first read from her! You can add this book as a May BOTM selection here: http://bit.ly/38OkeUT and use the code MAY5 to get it for only $9.99

Val ⚓️ Shameless Handmaiden ⚓️

July 29, 2020

4 StarsI don’t read a lot of mystery/thriller books...but this book makes me want to. I’m not sure how this would stand up for someone who does read a lot of the genre; all I know is, I certainly enjoyed it and was guessing until the very end. The story felt firm, the characters felt real, and I felt very immersed it in all the whole time I was reading it. I will definitely pick up more from this author in the future.

Jayme

June 22, 2020

This does remind me, in style, of “Big Little Lies”, so I am not surprised to see that it is COMING SOON, from Amazon and Nicole Kidman’s Blossom Films! “CLOSING YOUR EYES WON’T STOP THE BAD THINGS FROM FINDING YOU”Lizzie Kitsakis doesn’t practice Criminal Law. But, she is the only one that Zach Grayson trusts, when he ends up at Rikers for assaulting an Officer, and is held as a suspect in his wife Amanda’s death. At least that is the EXCUSE he gives her...Amanda is just trying to fit in, with the other Moms in Brooklyn, and she finally feels that she has two good friends in Sarah and Maude. So, she pretends that her marriage is good, and keeps it to herself that she thinks she is being stalked by a person from her past. Because of that, there are no other suspects when Amanda is found dead, at the bottom of her own stairs, after leaving Maude’s annual “Key Party” 🗝Told from the alternating narratives of Amanda, in the days leading up to the party, and of Lizzie, as her investigation leads her toward the truth in the days following it, I found myself eager to pick this book back up, every chance I got! Both perspectives were equally engaging, and although there were a few, minor unanswered questions, the author cleverly ties the two narratives together by the end . I loved the opening Epigragh which really says it all..💔 Love never dies of a natural death-Anais Nin, The Four Chambered Heart 💔

Susanne

May 09, 2020

4.25 StarsAn Excellent Reminder as to Why I’m Not Married! Baaawaah!!! Thank goodness for Kimberly McCreight! Lately I’ve been reading what I would describe as “less than stellar” domestic suspense/thrillers and then this one came along and all I have to say is Heck Ya!!“A Good Marriage” is crazy, totally wicked and full of surprises. This one got me and got me good. While I feel that there may have been one or two over the top moments, this is in fact one of the best thrillers I’ve read all year. I went into this one completely blind and I suggest you do the same. A brilliantly clever novel that is a must read for mystery/suspense fans. A fabulous buddy read with Kaceey.Thank you to Edelweiss, Harper Collins and Kimberly McCreight for the arc. Published on Edelweiss and Goodreads on 5.9.20.

Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader

May 06, 2020

When Lizzie was last happy, she was a prosecutor and married to Sam, and now she’s forced to work in an elite law firm where she doesn’t want to be. Now, an inmate, who also happens to be a former friend, is asking her for help.The help? Her friend, Zach’s, wife is found at the bottom of the stairs, and he is the suspect. All is not as it appears with Zach and his wife... and what Lizzie is about to experience will question everything she thinks she knows about “good marriages.”A Good Marriage is a well-paced, original, intriguing thriller. So much deception. So many lies. Who is being honest? Who is good? WHAT is good? I was completely swept up in this intense story and highly recommend it if you are looking for next exciting book!I received a gifted copy. All opinions are my own.Many of my reviews can also be found on my blog: www.jennifertarheelreader.com and instagram: www.instagram.com/tarheelreader

Michelle

May 22, 2020

This is a very strong 4.5, but it comes just short of a 5.This was the strongest thriller I've read in a long time. It had everything that makes a thriller great - a realistic story, proper character development, drip drop reveals and a good (believeable) ending! I read the summary to this probably six months ago so the legal/courtroom aspects were a surprise and my favorite part. There genuinely wasn't a part of this book I didn't like. Domestic thrillers usually aren't my thing, but I wanted to give this a chance because I liked Reconstructing Amelia. I will definitely buy the author's next book for sure. What bugs me the most about the thriller genre today are the come from nowhere twists that are used to shock the reader, but make little sense. The pacing of the story is a little slower to begin with, but you are captivated the entire time. No shock factor twists are needed because it is a well thought out and clever book. The cookie crumb trail of clues left for the reader made it hard to discern who the killer was. I had a couple of guesses and finally figured it out right before it was revealed. I really loved how it could have gone anywhere because the characters were so flawed and all seemed to have a motive. I honestly savored each page and always looked forward to getting back to it. If I am honest, unless it was an 800+ page historical fiction novel, I can't think of another book that would have kept my interest over a three week period as well as this one. Thanks to Edelweiss, HarperCollins and Kimberly McCreight for the opportunity to read and provide an honest review of this book. Review Date: 05/22/2020Publication Date: 05/05/2020

Mary

February 05, 2020

When a young woman with a dark past is found murdered, her husband is accused. But what secrets was she hiding, and what is going on behind closed doors in the very upscale, seemingly picture perfect neighborhood of Park Slope? Part legal thriller, part domestic suspense, pure page turner, this is a novel that will have you questioning everything you thought you knew about marriage.

Katie

June 26, 2020

4.5 starsI've read so many rave reviews for this book and it hasn't even been out that long. For the most part I thought it was worthy of the hype. I found myself equally fascinated by the different marriages just as much as the criminal case. The book is an interesting combo of being a page turning thriller but with some complex layers that added some depth. This is a great vacation type read but there is enough food for thought that it is worthy of a book club discussion for sure.Amanda Grayson has been found dead at the bottom of the stairs in her Park Slope home. Her husband has been arrested and currently sits at Rikers. He calls an old law school classmate, Lizzie Kitsakis, to take on his case. So who is responsible for Amanda's death? The story will alternate between Amanda in the days leading up to her death and the present time in which Lizzie is trying to piece everything together.Both Amanda and Lizzie were fascinating characters as they each had interesting backstories that you got to learn about, piece by piece. This easily could have been a one-dimensional mystery but the author really paid attention to the details which made this a good read. Throughout the story I would come across something that I knew was most likely going to be important later on, but I just didn't know why. I threw a lot of theories at the wall, hoping one of them would stick but it wasn't until I was near the end (I believe at 88% completed on my Kindle) that I finally figured things out. And at that point the author most likely was setting the stage for the reader on purpose, so it's not like I can give myself credit for being a top-notch detective. This is one of the better books I have read in this genre recently so I do recommend giving this one a try.

Tinichix

May 22, 2020

"That's the hardest part about marriage, isn't it?" Zach went on. "Somebody else's problems become your own. It doesn't always feel fair."This book was intense! It was very good. Suspenseful, fast paced, and full of twists and turns. Not at all predictable, at least to me. Each time I sat down to read it I convinced myself of a new possible ending. I enjoyed the style of writing. The law aspects were very detailed but not too technical that I wasn't able to follow. I enjoyed the characters and their dynamics. It had numerous characters, so I can't say I became overly attached to any of them or disliked any of them too much. It was creative and felt original, there were great descriptions to make me feel present in each moment. More often than not it felt more like watching a movie than reading a book. I would gladly read more by this author!

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