![]() “Truly Madly Guilty” unfolds on a much smaller scale: It’s about the day of a terrible, terrible barbecue, and features only a small group of characters. ![]() It also had a full panoply of bitchy parents and nice ones, who went to war. Moriarty used as a tease, by endlessly dropping in glimpses of it and then cutting away. “Big Little Lies” focused on a terrible, terrible night that Ms. I actually missed that kindergarten while following the nonevents that go on here. In her very popular “Big Little Lies,” she used them to good effect, even though the book revolved around a kindergarten. This Australian author’s winning formula always relies on such tactics. And you need to get through endless hinting, foreshadowing, stalling and chapters that end with loud noises (“there was a piercing yell from upstairs”) even to find out what they are. Liane Moriarty usually packs her books with dishier secrets than those that give “Truly Madly Guilty” its title. ![]()
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