The Stillwater Girls

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of mental illness and child abuse.

Gather initial thoughts and broad opinions about the book.

1. How far did you read before you realized that Wren and her sisters are victims of kidnapping? When did you realize that Brant is not cheating on Nic? When did you realize that Evie and Hannah are the same person? In your opinion, did Minka Kent do a good job balancing foreshadowing and suspense?

2. Do you enjoy domestic thrillers? (Books like Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, Tarryn Fisher’s The Wives, Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies, and Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer, for instance.) Which other books in the genre have you read and found memorable? How do they compare to The Stillwater Girls?

3. The Stillwater Girls focuses more on psychological threats to its main characters than on physical threats. Did you enjoy this focus and find it satisfying? How would you compare your experience of reading this story to experiences reading other mysteries and thrillers that focus more on physical danger?