“I genuinely love this book. I can’t recall a thriller with a richer exploration of female friendship or one that offers such a raw portrayal of grief. With Perfect Wives, Perfect Lies, Jennifer Anne Gordon has created relatable characters and crafted twists that are both wildly unpredictable and entirely earned . . . but she’s gone beyond that and given readers a story filled with honesty and anguish and hope. Unsettling, powerful, and lovely.” —E. A. Aymar, author of No Home for Killers

“Jennifer Anne Gordon has written that rarest of books: a menopausal, grief-soaked unicorn; part psychological thriller, hard-to-look-away-from horror, and sheer literary beauty. From the start, Gordon’s language of loss was so heartrending and true, I could not help but be ride-or-die for this book. Just thinking of the story during the day felt like a buzz in my pocket that made me jump like Karen was calling with a task for me. Gen Xers, do you remember how we wanted more than just Truth or Dare? We greedily called our game “Truth, Dare, Double Dare, Triple Dare, Consequences, Promise, and Repeat.” I think that might be the narrative arc of Perfect Wives, Perfect Lies. And that’s how I read this story of desperate housewives, this NXIVM Cult tale on steroids—greedily. Tearfully. Desperate to know not how things would end but how things would go on and on.” —Diane Zinna, author of Letting Grief Speak: Writing Portals for Life After Loss and The All-Night Sun

“Jennifer Anne Gordon is many things, but if she’s one thing: She’s funny. Perfect Wives, Perfect Lies is an exquisite balance of rising dread with Gordon’s capital wit. You’ll find yourself wanting to partake in things you shouldn’t, even as the red flags unspool, leaving you worried for the characters while also relating to and laughing at a thousand asides. Just a brilliant book from a brilliant writer.” —Josh Malerman, New York Times–bestselling author of Bird Box and Incidents Around the House