num_pages: 374
description: Four suburban mothers and friends conspire to cover up a deadly crime in this heart-stopping novel of suspense in the tradition of Lisa Scottoline and Lisa Unger.Alison Julie Sarah Heather. Four friends living the suburban ideal. Their jobs are steady their kids are healthy. Theyre as beautiful as their houses. But each of them has a dirty little secret and hidden behind the veneer of their perfect lives is a crime and a mystery that will consume them all. Everything starts to unravel when Alison spots a nasty bruise on Heathers wrist. She shares her suspicions with Julie and Sarah compelling all three to investigate what looks like an increasingly violent marriage. As mysterious injuries and erratic behavior mount Heather can no longer deny the abuse but she refuses to leave her husband. Desperate to save her Alison and the others dread the phone call telling them that shes been killed. But when that call finally comes its not Heather whos dead. In a moment theyll come to regret the women must decide what lengths theyll go to in order to help a friend.Just Between Us is a thrilling glimpse into the underbelly of suburbia where not all neighbors can be trusted and even the closest friends keep dangerous secrets. You never really know what goes on in another persons mind or in their marriage.
language: English
title: Just Between Us
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin