"Conway's exceptional debut is an engrossing, gossip-laden domestic drama sizzling with secrets and deceit." —Shelf Awareness
Cat Fight
A Novel
Description
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.
Reviews
"A plot with sharp claws, layers of secrets, and characters so well-drawn you feel like you know them, Cat Fight gives a unique slice of suburban life under the pressure-cooker of a big cat rumoured to be on the loose. Come for the cat drama, stay for the roller-coaster of what each neighbour is going to do next as tensions mount. Such a unique set-up for a juicy dose of suburban drama, I couldn’t put this down!" —Kristen Perrin, New York Times bestselling author of How to Solve Your Own Murder
"Conway debuts with a witty social thriller [...] Conway’s twisty narrative is populated by three-dimensional characters and dagger-sharp renderings of middle-aged malaise. This is an auspicious first effort." —Publishers Weekly
“A twisty tale stuffed full of secrets, drama and cattiness.” —Cesca Major, author of Maybe Next Time
