“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?
"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