Domesticity entangled with the banality of evil. Which is more important, the greater good of the group, or the ethical right? The mores of rich suburbia or justice? Protecting a minor or protecting an even younger minor? When the story starts, you as the reader don’t even realize there is a spider’s web; by the end, everyone’s ensnared...and poisoned by the spider. But you’re left pondering who the real spider is.