You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz 438 pages

Grace Sachs is blissfully married to the man of her dreams, devoted to her son Henry and has a thriving therapist practice. She is about to have a book published entitled “You Should Have Known” where she tells women had they heeded their first impressions, interactions and gut feelings with their partners they would have known he was a cheater, or a prolific spender, or a wastrel right from the beginning thus saving themselves from the pain and heartache that naturally follows. And then one day a tragedy occurs, her husband disappears, the police are at her door and  life as she knew it irrevocably  comes to an end in the most public and humiliating way possible. Too late she realizes she should have taken her own advice.

Beautifully written, perfectly paced, You Should Have Known is a must read, a can’t put it down, don’t want it to end kind of a book.