Cutting Teeth
A gripping new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author
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3.0 • 1 Rating
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A murder. Ten witnesses. But no one saw a thing...
'Sharp, original, wickedly astute' Ashley Audrain, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Push
A young teacher is found murdered in the preschool stationery cupboard and the only witnesses are ten toddlers. The problem is the children can’t tell the police what happened.
But it soon comes to light that an unsettling medical condition is going around Little Academy: the kids are craving blood, and the parents have been keeping secrets from the authorities that could change everything about the case.
As the police draw closer to the truth, it soon becomes clear that the children are not just witnesses, they’re suspects…and so are their mothers.
Part murder mystery, part domestic suspense, Cutting Teeth is a thought-provoking thriller that asks: what wouldn’t a parent do for their child?
‘Thrilling and thought-provoking’ Stacy Willingham, New York Times-bestselling author of A Flicker in the Dark
'Bestseller Baker takes readers on a stomach-dropping emotional roller coaster in this suspenseful and darkly comic tale of motherhood and murder... a wicked thriller'. - Publishers Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Baker (The Husbands) takes readers on a stomach-dropping emotional roller coaster in this suspenseful and darkly comic tale of motherhood and murder. At first, the parents of RiverRock Church's private preschool students are overjoyed when young Miss Erin Ollie, with her perpetual smile and PhD in child development, joins the faculty. However, their initial enthusiasm wanes as some of the four-year-olds in her class begin exhibiting a morbid fascination with biting and consuming blood. Before long, Miss Ollie is found dead in the school's supply room with a pair of scissors protruding from her neck, and police zero in on her students and their protective mothers as the primary suspects. Three of those mothers narrate: there's Rhea, who sells homeopathic remedies online; Darcy, once a high-powered executive, now an overqualified crisis manager for the county; and Mary Beth, who has dedicated her entire life to parenting her two daughters. Baker's descriptions of the joys and trials of raising children bolster the mystery at the book's core. With winning cynicism, she delivers a wicked thriller that doubles as a glimpse at motherhood's dark underbelly.
