Review: The Rule of Three

The Rule of Three by E.G. Scott
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Thank you to Booklist for the ARC and the opportunity to review this title.

Within Kingsland, a wealthy gated community full of upper-class social pariahs, three wives meet for a book club while their husbands play poker. It seems like a normal week until all three husbands end up dead or in the hospital. The town is now under a microscope as detectives descend on the wives and neighbors. The clues seem too easy, the prime suspect has an alibi, and the question on everyone’s lips is, “Who can I really trust?” With a gripping opening followed by flashbacks to past events to fill in the gaps, Rule of Three is twisty and oh, so satisfying. Along with the mystery itself, the story revolves around social reputations, gun violence, “cancel culture,” marital and parental trauma, vengeance, and female dynamics. The shorter chapters allow the plot to move quickly and the heavy subject matter is delightfully offset by humorous banter between detectives Wolcott and Silvestri. Recommended for fans of authors who write domestic thrillers and use unreliable narrators, such as Liane Moriarty, B. A. Paris, Sally Hepworth, and Mary Kubica. Copyright Booklist 2022

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