Named one of 2022's best and most-anticipated thrillers by Goodreads CrimeReads Motherly
Westport Magazine and more! A propulsive thriller about secret organizations hidden agendas
and the lengths one woman will go to reclaim her life (Laura Dave author of Reese's Book Club
Pick The Last Thing He Told Me) from USA TODAY bestselling author Catherine McKenzie. At
thirty-nine Nicole Mueller's life is on the rocks. Her once brilliant law career is falling
apart. She and her husband Dan are soon to be forced out of the apartment they love. After a
warning from her firm's senior partners she receives an invitation from an exclusive women's
networking group Panthera Leo. Membership is anonymous but every member is a successful
professional. It sounds like the perfect solution to help Nicole revive her career. So despite
Dan's concerns that the group might be a cult Nicole signs up for their retreat in Colorado.
Once there she meets the other women who will make up her Pride. A CEO an actress a finance
whiz a congresswoman: Nicole can't believe her luck. The founders of Panthera Leo are equally
as impressive. They explain the group's core philosophy: they're a girl's club in a boy's club
world. Nicole is all in. And when she gets home she soon sees dividends. Her new network
quickly provides her with clients that help her relaunch her career and a great new apartment
too. The favors she has to provide in return seem benign. But then she's called to the
congresswoman's apartment late at night where she's pressed into helping her cover up a crime.
And suddenly Dan's concerns that something more sinister is at play seem all too relevant. Can
Nicole extricate herself from the group before it's too late? Or will joining Panthera Leo be
the biggest mistake of her life?
