“M. T. Edvardsson has written a deceptive and riveting novel. A Nearly Normal Family will make you question everything you know about those closest to you.”
–Karin Slaughter, author of 18 international bestsellers
Eighteen-year-old Stella stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost fifteen years her senior. She is an ordinary teenager from an upstanding local family. What reason could she have to know a shady businessman, let alone to kill him? Stella’s father, a pastor, and mother, a criminal defense attorney, find their moral compasses tested as they defend their daughter, while struggling to understand why she is a suspect. A Nearly Normal Family asks the questions: How well do you know your own children? How far would you go to protect them?
An Indigo Heather's Pick and New York Times Summer Reading Pick!
"M. T. Edvardsson raises provocative questions, wraps them up in a propulsive thriller and delivers an ultra-satisfying read that's far from ordinary."
–Shelf Awareness
"An intense legal thriller that successfully plays realistic, gripping emotion against a shocking legal twist."
–Booklist