The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

Happy Pub Day and Happy International Women’s Day!

Here’s to the creative women who wrote this book, 
And the bold women who push against the limiting and made-up boundaries that have been set around our gender,
In so many families and cities and countries,
And the brave women and mothers in Ukraine who are fighting to save their country 
or escaping to save their children 
and last - but certainly not least – 
the smart and dynamic women I’ve met here.

This is not in any way an exhaustive list, but it’ll have to do for now.

Q: What woman – or women – are you thinking about today? Since we’re book lovers, a strong female character is also welcome as an answer!

If you are a woman – or you support women’s causes – my hat is off to you.

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1 - sentence summary:
Avery is a marriage counselor who utilizes unorthodox and in some cases illegal methods of dealing with her clients, but when the seemingly ‘golden couple’ of Matthew and Marissa sign on to work with her, the three of them are set on a collision course.

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Hendricks and Pekannen are able to weave together such fun mystery/thrillers, and I’d say this is probably my favorite yet from this duo! Their books, to me, are pure and unadulterated escapism, and I mean that in the best possible way.

I might categorize this as more of a domestic mystery than a psychological thriller, but there was definitely a bit of unreliable narration going on. I thought the therapist gone rogue was a very fun idea! I enjoyed watching Avery spy on her clients and force them into certain situations in a way an actual therapist never would dare.

The narration alternates between Avery’s first-person and Marissa’s third-person, so that the POV shifts between the therapist who uses underhanded means to try to bring couples back together and the wife who is trying to keep a very big secret hidden from everyone - including her own husband. The alternating POV keeps the reader off-balance, and the pacing is engaging and steady – not too fast, not too slow. Just the perfect, steady drip of red herrings and fun twists that will keep a reader turning pages until the surprising end.
This hits the shelves today!
Thank you St. Martin’s Press for the ARC!