Mystery Book Club
This month's book: The Husbands by Chandler BakerTo what lengths will a woman go for a little more help from her husband?Nora Spangler is a successful attorney but when it comes to domestic life, she packs thelunches, schedules the doctor appointments, knows where the extra papertowel rolls are, and designs and orders the holiday cards. Her husband works hard, too… but why does it seem like she is always working so muchharder?When the Spanglers go house hunting in Dynasty Ranch, an exclusive suburban neighborhood, Nora meets a group of high-powered women—a tech CEO, a neurosurgeon, an award-winning therapist, a bestselling author—with enviably supportive husbands. When she agrees to help with a resident’s wrongful death case, she is pulled into the lives of the women there. She finds the air is different in Dynasty Ranch. The women aren’t hanging on by a thread.But as the case unravels, Nora uncovers a plot that may explain the secret to having-it-all. One that’s worth killing for.Calling to mind a Stepford Wives gender-swap, New York Times bestsellingauthor of Whisper Network Chandler Baker’s The Husbands imagines a world where the burden of the “second shift” is equally shared—and what itmay take to get there.