Waiting on Wednesday: So Much Pretty

 "Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases.

I still wouldn't call myself a lover of mystery books, but after my introduction to Laura Lippman in I'd know you anywhere,  I realized that when the characters are well-written and the premise is thrilling they certainly have a lot of potential. I still think I'm liable to enjoy those which bend the genre a little which is why I'm really looking forward to So Much Pretty by Cara Hoffman.

So Much Pretty is a novel about family, community, and storytelling.

The Pipers are a family built on optimism. On deeply felt ideals and commitment to their community. Claire and Gene moved with their precocious, beguiling daughter Alice to Haeden, New York for a fresh start, to give Alice the freedom and opportunity they always wanted for themselves. In doing so, they unwittingly re-write the story of her life.

Wendy White has strong roots in Haeden, a late-blooming young woman just striking out on her own, but mindful of family and home. Her story has a beginning and an end, but is missing the most important piece—the middle. What happened to Wendy White?

Stacey Flynn is a reporter, both a seeker and a teller of stories. It is gritty, relentless and ultimately reckless Flynn who will chronicle Wendy White’s existence from all the fragments she can find, and forge a path toward the end.

But only we will ever know the whole story.

Released March 2011 by Simon and Schuster, So Much Pretty looks like a novel of literary suspense combined with a bit of politics and a strong message and I am definitely looking forward to it.

How do you feel about mysteries which bend the genre outside of the stereotypical thriller? What are you waiting on this Wednesday?