The Dogs Of Littlefield Av Suzanne Berne

<p><b>Longlisted for the Baileys Women''s Prize for Fiction 2014</b><br><br>Littlefield, Massachusetts: home to psychologists, college professors and their over-achieving children, and recently lauded as one of the Ten Best Places to Live in America. If happiness had a home it would be here.<br><br>Then the first dog is poisoned. At first, there is shock and disbelief: who would commit such a cruel act - and why? As more dogs die, residents notice other signs that something''s not right in their home: the appearance of menacing grafitti, the persistent triggering of fire alarms at the middle school and the haunted looks neighbours begin exchanging.<br><br>For the Downings, Margaret, Bill and daughter Julia, Littlefield''s gathering darkness hints at flaws in their own lives. What is wrong? What can save them?<br><br><b>''Well-observed shrewd satire . . . sharp, funny and painful. Berne takes the domestic and turns it into the majestic'' <i>Sunday Telegraph</i></b></p>