Kimberly McCreight writes psychological thrillers about schools, families and apparently successful communities where hidden pressure or deception leads to violence. Reconstructing Amelia begins after a lawyer is told that her teenage daughter died by suicide at an elite Brooklyn school, only for anonymous messages to suggest that the official story is incomplete. A Good Marriage centres on a murder inside an affluent New York social circle and a lawyer asked to defend an old friend, while Friends Like These uses a reunion of college friends and a remote house to expose earlier secrets. McCreight's books are fast, twist-driven and multi-perspective, fitting psychological thriller, domestic suspense and school or friendship-centred mystery. Read more Less