Not quite ready to move on after college, five friends move into a converted church, enjoying life and their close friendship and calling themselves the Spires. But after a party turns into a tragic fire, the group breaks apart, never contacting each other for twenty years.
Penelope has a normal suburban life... husband, two kids, large beautiful home. But when her former best friend Willa shows up on her doorstep begging for a place to stay for a couple weeks, that horrible night she's tried to forget returns full force. Something just doesn't seem right with Willa and she's causing a rift between Penelope, Brett, and her children. Small things, seemingly inconsequential, but when added up leave Penelope feeling threatened. What is Willa really after? Will Penelope's perfect life survive?
This was a slow burn thriller. With each incident the story has you questioning Penelope's sanity, or Willa's possible motive. I hated how Penelope supported Brett and let him walk all over her knowing he wasn't even trying to find another job. Although I found it strange that they waited twenty years to knock down the remains of the burned out church, I thought the beautiful building was a great representation of their friendship. A beautiful thing destroyed in one night by jealousy and buried resentments, never visited again until the end of the story.
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