Kimberly I. (RaccoonGirl) - , reviewed on 4/15/2007 + 97 more book reviews

For Kate Klein, a semi-accidental mother of three, suburbia has been full of unpleasant surprises. Her once-loving husband is hardly ever home. The supermommies of the playground routinely snub her. Her days are spent carpooling and enduring endless games of Candy Land, and at night, most of her orgasms are of the do-it-yourself variety.
When a fellow mother is murdered, Kate finds that the unsolved mystery is the most exciting thing to happen in Upchurch, Connecticut, since her neighbors broke ground for a guesthouse and cracked their septic tanks. Even though the local police chief warns her that crime-fightings a job best left to the professionals, Kate launches an unofficial investigation---from 8:45 to 11:30 Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, when her kids are in nursery school.
As Kate is drawn deeper into the murdered womans past, she begins to uncover the secrets and lies behind Upchurchs picket-fence façade---and considers the choices and compromises all modern women make as they navigate between obligation and independence, small towns and big cities, being a mother and having a life of ones own.

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