This Is Not Over

In this middling tale of domestic suspense from Brown (Don’t Try to Find Me), Dawn Thiebold’s only escape from her tiny Oakland, Calif., apartment, communications-degree coursework, and boring but attractive husband are the mini-vacations they take in gorgeous homes on the coast. The vacations also help her to forget her sordid past and her uncertain future. When Dawn receives an email that she’ll lose $200 of the deposit from their last stay due to some stained sheets, she is livid. Dawn goes on the offensive against Miranda Feldt, the landlord, who’s struggling to send money to her drug-addict son without her husband’s knowledge—and the rental is the only place she can skim the money from. Neither woman can let the matter go, and things escalate quickly. Miranda loses the ability to rent the home, and Dawn’s marriage suffers, especially when she begins to engage with Miranda’s son on social media. A disappointing end wraps up a lengthy and exhausting psychological battle of paranoia and wills. [em]Agent: Elisabeth Weed, Weed Literary Agency. (Jan.) [/em]