''Blackly humorous and enjoyably twisted'' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train ''A knotted mystery too intriguing to leave unpicked'' Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller ''Binge-worthy . . a brilliantly immersive and almost cinematic experience'' Jenny Mustard, author of Okay Days Recently dumped and stuck with the mortgage, artist Esther Ray wants to burn the world, but instead, she reluctantly accepts a scrapbooking job from the deliriously wealthy Naomi DuncanThe scrapbooks, a secret birthday gift for Naomi''s husband Bryce, trace the Duncan''s twenty-five-year marriage. The conditions: Esther must include every piece of paper she''s been sent, must sign an NDA, and must only contact Naomi using the burner phone provided. Otherwise she''ll spoil the surprise. As Esther binges true-crime podcasts and works through the near-two hundred-boxes of Duncan detritus, she finds herself infatuated with the gilded family - until, mid-project, Naomi dies suspiciouslyWhe