**Washington Post Best Books of 2017 **
New York Times bestselling author Edan Lepucki's Woman No. 17 is a
winning novel."
-- New York Times Book Review
High in the Hollywood Hills, writer Lady Daniels has decided to take a
break from her husband. Left alone with her children, she's going to
need a hand taking care of her young son if she's ever going to finish
her memoir. In response to a Craigslist ad, S arrives, a magnetic young
artist who will live in the secluded guest house out back, care for
Lady's toddler, Devin, and keep a watchful eye on her older, teenage
son, Seth. S performs her day job beautifully, quickly drawing the
entire family into her orbit, and becoming a confidante for Lady.
But in the heat of the summer, S's connection to Lady's older son takes
a disturbing, and possibly destructive, turn. And as Lady and S move
closer to one another, the glossy veneer of Lady's privileged life
begins to crack, threatening to expose old secrets that she has been
keeping from her family. Meanwhile, S is protecting secrets of her own,
about her real motivation for taking the job. S and Lady are both
playing a careful game, and every move they make endangers the things
they hold most dear.
Darkly comic, twisty and tense, this mesmerizing new novel defies
expectation and proves Edan Lepucki to be one of the most talented and
exciting voices of her generation.
