{"product_id":"careful-what-you-wish-for-a-novel-of-suspense-isbn-9780062473660","title":"Careful What You Wish For: A Novel of Suspense","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThere Was an Old Woman\u003c\/em\u003e comes a novel about a professional organizer with a deadly problem she may not be able to clean up.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Thrilling and\u003cbr\u003esuspenseful.... I laughed more than I expected to, related to quotidian\u003cbr\u003eelements like overpacked closets, and let myself be carried along on this\u003cbr\u003enightmare of a trip…. Emily…is a friend we would all want to keep—messes\u003cbr\u003eincluded.”—Jamie Lee Curtis, \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmily Harlow is a professional organizer who helps people declutter their lives; she’s married to man who can’t drive past a yard sale without stopping. He’s filled their basement, attic, and garage with his finds, and she’d love nothing better than to toss out all of it. He says he’s a collector. Emily knows better—he’s a hoarder. The larger his “collection” becomes, the deeper the distance grows between Emily and the man she married.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuckily, Emily’s got two new clients to distract herself: an elderly widow whose husband left behind a storage unit she didn’t know existed, and a young wife whose husband won’t allow her stuff into their house. Emily’s initial meeting with the young wife takes a detour when, after too much wine, the women end up fantasizing about how much more pleasant life would be without their collecting spouses. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the next day Emily finds herself in a mess that might be too big for her to clean up. Careful what you wish for, the old adage says. Now Emily might lose her freedom, her marriage . . . and possibly her life. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Outstanding...May be the first domestic thriller to weave in Marie Kondo’s decluttering theory about discarding things that don’t spark joy...Appealing characters and some suspenseful detective work help elevate this in-depth look at people’s emotional attachment to things. After being a finalist five times, Ephron may finally win the Mary Higgins Clark Award for this one.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Outstanding...May be the first domestic thriller to weave in Marie Kondo’s decluttering theory about discarding things that don’t spark joy...After being a finalist five times, Ephron may finally win the Mary Higgins Clark Award for this one.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Clever...Ephron’s tidy approach to stowing clues, arousing suspicions, keeping the chaos of the climax under control, then tying up loose ends makes her a professional organizer of this type of entertainment. In a word—neat.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hallie Ephron has crafted a timely, twisty tale that had me grinning at the opening line and wide-eyed at the conclusion. Cleverly plotted and cast with compelling characters, \u003cem\u003eCareful What You Wish For \u003c\/em\u003eis the perfect summer book club pick!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Bestselling Author Wendy Corsi Staub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hallie Ephron’s \u003cem\u003eCareful What You Wish For\u003c\/em\u003e is a cautionary tale for the spark joy moment—a tidy nightmare of a story that won’t be contained. 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