The Hunting Wives: When Your New Friends Are Rich, Bored, and Possibly Murderers

What happens when your new friend group includes guns, affairs with teenage sons, and eventually a body? May Cobb’s The Hunting Wives takes toxic friendship to the dangerous places and we’re here to unpack whether it works or crashes and burns.

What is the book about?

Sophie and her husband Graham moved to East Texas to escape Chicago. Big mistake! Sophie immediately had too much time on her hands: no job, one friend, and way too many hours spent Instagram-stalking Margot Banks. Margot is everything Sohpie wants to be: gorgeous, confident, the kind of woman who throws legendary parties and runs the social scene with a smile and a “bless your heart.”

When Margot notices Sophie and pulls her into the exclusive circle of “the hunting wives,” it feels like winning the lottery. These wealthy, restless women had too much time, too many secrets, and an alarming comfort level with firearms. But new friends come with new rules Sophie doesn’t understand. And when someone ends up dead, she has to figure out fast: are her new friends worth protecting, or did she just get pulled into something deadly?

Who should read it?

• If you like a domestic thriller with unlikable characters.

• If you like twists that you might not expect

• If you like your author to know the place the book is set

Who should not read it?

• If you want friends that don’t sleep with your 18 year old son

• If you don’t want to see women that drink too much and party too hard

• If you want proper women that do what their told

Podcast Episode

In this episode, we're unpacking friendships that get too intense, secrets that spiral out of control, and the moment everything goes sideways. Spoiler: guns and gossip make for a dangerous combination. Which of us found the barely adult romantic entanglement icky? Which of us enjoyed all the twists? Who thought the book was boring? 

The Hunting Wives episode, "The One Where Everyone Needs Therapy" is up and ready on your favorite podcast app. Links in the sidebar or you can access our social media and podcast player links here: https://linktr.ee/chapteronesceneone. 

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