A fast paced, satisfying tale of yummy mummy comeuppance!

The Baby Group by Caroline Corcoran

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


What would you do if someone uploaded a sex video from your past, taken at a time when you were at your very lowest and most desperate, to all your friends, family and work colleagues?
This is the situation faced by Scarlett Salloway on her very first day back at work following the birth of her baby. Suddenly the picture-perfect middle-class life she's fought so hard to build, complete with handsome husband, listed period village property and online Mummy blog, starts to fall apart - and the only people she can turn to for comfort and support are her fellow new Mums in the local baby group.
This is a very well-paced thriller, mostly narrated by Scarlett herself in first person but with occasional commentary from an anonymous source - the sender of the video, who ups the ante in a series of cruel and calculated steps whilst Scarlett's job and marriage fall apart and she scrabbles around frantically to find the identity of her tormenter.
There are a few red herrings placed tantalisingly in the reader's path, and although I did guess quite early on who the perpetrator was there were enough alternative candidates to keep me on my toes right up until the end.
The viciously competitive life of the yummy mummy is presented in all its lycra-clad, turmeric latte swilling awfulness, and is satisfyingly exposed as the brittle and cruel facade that it is as the narrative progresses.
Thoroughly enjoyable and highly recommended!



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