Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC. I devoured this book. I loved all the twists and turns, I never really knew what to expect next.. I work in a high school library so while this books isn't YA I think it would be appropriate for high school students to read, there's nothing too graphic or obscene.

Kat is a lawyer at a top-notch law firm in NYC. Actually, she's their "fixer" for anything that goes wrong with clients.
Cleo is her daughter who goes to NYU and is the exact opposite of Kat.
Cleo arrives at their Brooklyn home for dinner one evening and finds Kat missing. And so, the mystery begins. What happened to Kat? Why is her husband Aidan being shady? And what's up with Kat's "fixer" job at the law firm? (Which Cleo has no idea about - she just thinks her mom is a corporate lawyer.)
We soon find out Kat had a troubled childhood and spent several years in a group home, Haven House in Connecticut. And the law firm takes on the problem of Darden Pharmaceuticals, who is under suspicion of dispensing a drug that may have caused fetal fatalities/deformities.
I liked Cleo and Kat and Kat's role at the law firm. I wish there was more background story regarding Haven House. There were some old diary entries of Kat's, but I think the story would have been better if her time at Haven House had been more fleshed out, instead of the Darden Pharmaceuticals storyline which became convoluted.
Overall, a decent read.

Engaging and immersive. McCreight is consistently entertaining. A recommended purchase for collections where crime and WF is popular.