Alice and her boyfriend, Leo move into a newly renovated house in an exclusive, gated community called The Circle. The house is everything they have dreamed of. When they host a party with all of their new neighbors, a strange man shows up, who Alice mistakes as one of the neighbors. When he shows up at her door again, Alice finds out that this man was not a neighbor, but a private investigator. He tells her that someone was murdered in their house and he’s investigating it.

Alice finds herself drawn into the investigation of the therapist, Nina who was murdered there. Alice becomes obsessed and can’t figure out why none of the neighbors wants to talk to her about it. Most say they just want to put it in the past, but Alice thinks they are all hiding something.

I really enjoyed this mystery especially the beginning. It was intriguing; fast paced, and held my interest. I did not want to put it down. I liked how difficult it was to figure out the neighbors in The Circle especially with all their secretiveness. Each one of them seemed to have a motive to murder Nina. The problem I had with this book was the last third of it. It was so hard to like Alice especially with her obsession with someone who was murdered that she never met. She put herself in danger throughout the book and made some awful decisions. There were times I just wanted to yell at her or shake some sense into her! For the most part, I did enjoy this book though. 3.5 stars rounded up to 4.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.