Literary psychological thriller with a flawed but reliable narrator. I dislike unreliable narrators, but flawed ones are fine.

I also read Longbourn by the same author—historical fiction set in Regency England (think Jane Austen from the servants’ perspective). I will always applaud authors for branching out into dofferent genres. Regency England is Jo Baker’s area of scholarship and she really shines there. But this thriller is not half bad.

Plot threads include: consent, male entitlement, classroom dynamics in an MFA program, and political correctness.