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I found so many things wrong with this book that I don't quite know where to start. First, the three main characters—a married couple and the woman the husband is having an affair with—are utterly unlikeable. I don't get what makes authors think having all unlikable/unbelievable main characters is a good way to get readers to like a story; I have never enjoyed a book with unpalatable lead characters. We have the career-ladder-climbing wife, the narcissistic husband who believes he's God's gift to all womankind (if I never see that worn-out trope again, it will be too soon!), and the darkly sociopathic receptionist/lover with a questionable past. The characters come across as cookie-cutter to me, two-dimensional characters with no unique facets to make them interesting or like people you'd actually meet if you lived in the same social sphere. Not one character could I care about and invest in as a reader because none seemed remotely decent or relatable... and they were not well-formed characters to boot. I'm a little sick, too, of the tired trope of the evils of the 1%, especially those living in Los Angeles and New York. Finally, this book is supposed to be a thriller, but only a small first part hints in that direction… then nothing much happens for a LONG time... and then the last 20% or so seems more thriller like. Unfortunately, the soggy middle seems devoid of any sort of thriller aspect at all. Ho, hum, hum-drum. This book had problems with both characterization and plot, never a good thing for a novel! I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.