Reads of the week

You Will Know Me (Little, Brown and Co), by Megan Abbott

Obsession can grow from the simplest of desires - to be good at something. That can easily morph into the need to be the best, the requirement to always be a winner, even if the sacrifices don't balance out.

The Knox family learns the destructive nature of obsession in Megan Abbott's fiercely gripping You Will Know Me. Using the background of gymnastics, Abbott's novel works well as a story about a family, a community, gossip, envy and blind ambition. This sharply plotted novel eschews overt violence, yet a sense of danger and menace flows throughout the story.