Cat fight

Kit Conway

Book - 2025

"Big Little Lies meets Tiger King in this fun and propulsive debut novel about three suburban women who, over the course of one summer, each use the growing hysteria around a big cat sighting to achieve their own agendas - some more sinister than others. Former zoologist Coralie King now reigns over a different sort of animal kingdom as Queen Bee of Sevenoaks, a wealthy suburb of London. When her husband Adam spots a panther on the hood of his car at one of her exclusive dinner parties, Coralie is quick to reassure her guests that they're in no real danger. She sees the sighting as the perfect opportunity to revive her career and promote her own ecological endeavors. New neighbor Emma Brooks doesn't believe for a second that ...there's a big cat in their midst but is all too willing to use the concern as a distraction from her home remodel application that's been facing scrutiny. Meanwhile, former punk musician Twig Dorsett doesn't know what to believe. She never thought she'd return to Sevenoaks and be living in her childhood home, but after her daughter became sick, she and her wife traded their Bohemian life in Bali for the security of London suburbia. As the summer heats up, the frenzy around the big cat sighting reaches a fever pitch when gnawed bones, pawprints, and scratches are discovered. But is the real predator a big cat on the prowl or is the true threat more of the domestic variety? Filled with gasp-worthy twists and turns, Cat Fight is a wickedly entertaining novel of suspense that examines the lengths to which some women will go when they feel caged"--

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Subjects
Genres
Thrillers (Fiction)
Novels
Romans
Published
New York, NY : Atria Books 2025.
Language
English
Main Author
Kit Conway (author)
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition
Physical Description
pages cm
ISBN
9781668066348
9781668066355
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Conway debuts with a witty social thriller set in the wealthy English town of Sevenoaks. At a backyard dinner party, zoologist Coralie King and her husband, Adam, host their friends Twig and Blake Dorsett, founders of the once popular band Pineapple Punk, and Emma and Matt Brooks, who've become notorious among Sevenoaks' residents for their extravagant home renovations. Adam briefly steps away from the festivities, then returns claiming he saw a panther on the hood of his car. His declaration sounds insane to most of his friends, who assume his vision is tied to the joint he was smoking. The group half-heartedly agrees to keep the situation quiet so as not to cause panic, but word spreads quickly. In the coming days, online posts from concerned mothers about dangerous beasts roaming the English countryside get picked up by the national press, and journalists descend on Sevenoaks. Meanwhile, each member of the main cast--Coralie, Twig, and Emma share narration duties--exploits the situation to their own ends, hoping all the while that their individual secrets stay buried. More crime-tinted suburban satire than straightforward mystery, Conway's twisty narrative is populated by three-dimensional characters and dagger-sharp renderings of middle-aged malaise. This is an auspicious first effort. Agent: Katie Greenstreet, Paper Literary. (June)

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