Losing Mr. North: A Novel

From the author of Somebody's Baby and The Girls comes a powerful and emotionally charged tale of infidelity and mystery.

Married for thirty-one years， Jack and Linda North live on a spread of land seven hours north of Los Angeles. But once a month， this retired police detective and grandfather of four makes the drive to L.A. and another woman -- Rachel， his mistress of six years. For a week， Jack tidies a different lawn， fixes the broken cogs in a different wheel， and makes love to a different woman with a different set of charms. There are no secrets in this triangle -- each knows the names of the players and the rules， and， despite the nagging disapproval of others， the triangle remains stable by tacit consent of all three. Until