Though she’s tempted by the money—and curious about the potential victims—she never actually commits any of the murders herself. During several scenes, Finlay wears a wig-scarf and sunglasses to hide her identity, or while she’s masquerading as her ex’s fiancée, Theresa. I opened my mouth to swear at her in at least five languages I hadn’t learned yet when the house phone rang.

Finlay catches the attention of two very different potential romantic partners: Detective Nick Anthony and bartender/law student Julian Baker. And will truth be stranger than fiction as Finlay suddenly finds all the inspiration for her novel she could ever need. This has her visiting, in disguise, and in a stolen dress, The Lush, a bar and club that Harris will be at. Never intending to kill anyone, Finlay’s decision to investigate the husband leads to unintended consequences.The mystery was interesting, but it wasn't written in a compelling manner, definitely not the page turner like Gone Girl or The Girl On the Train, or even The Wife Upstairs. Thank you so much to the publisher, Minotaur Books, for providing me with a copy to read and review. And if to make things worse, Finlay starts writing a novel about what happened with them, and it sells a massive advance for two books once she sends it to her editor. All of the secondary characters were a joy to read, and Finlay's kids definitely helped provide extra comic relief at different points as well. In part out of curiosity about why this woman wants her husband dead, in part feeling like this situation might give her a new idea for a book, and in part thinking about the money, Finlay begins to investigate the man she’s been hired to kill.

Grab your blonde wig, scarf, dark glasses, Panera pastry, and a group of fellow readers…and start killing it! The ending is clearly setting up for a sequel, so who knows where all these characters may end up when the merry-go-round stops spinning. Disguised in her wig scarf, she sets out to meet her literary agent, Sylvia, at Panera to discuss the state of her non-existent novel, when their conversation leads a nearby woman to mistake what she does for a living.She wears the same wig-scarf and glasses in her author photo, which appears in the books she’s written.