“Isabel could remember the precise moment she tried killing her husband. Strangely enough, she couldn’t recall why.”

Thus begins the tangled tale of love and betrayal between Isabel, a precious book publisher, and James, a talented writer who is known in equal parts for his sense of entitlement, his drinking and his womanizing. Confounding all that is reasonable, they marry and become as devoted to each other as they are to their young son. So what happens to drive Isabel to her act of insanity?

“A soignée book publishing executive has attempted to murder her husband—yet can’t recall why. Tracking the glamorous couple in Manhattan, the Amazon, L.A., and Paris, this brisk page runner has the makings of a summer blockbuster.”
— The New Yorker 

“A publishing pro picks up a pen . . . (and) shows her literary expertise.”
— USA Today

“First novels are rarely this spry, fun, and archly enjoyable. . . . Collinsworth is a confident and gifted storyteller who can balance self-conscious cleverness with the thrills of pure entertainment. . . . A tale building force as it moves along to a particularly fine and quiet ending. ”
— New York Post

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