02237cam a2200337 i 4500 507017576 TxGeo 20210716120000.0 210525s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021025296 9780802158505 hbk. 0802158501 hbk. (OCoLC)1253441216 TxGeo rda Richmond, Michelle, 1970- The wonder test : a novel / Michelle Richmond. First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2021. xiii, 427 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Escaping New York City and the espionage case that made her question everything, recently widowed Lina returns home to sell the house she has inherited in tony Greenfield, California. With her teenage son Rory, Lina hopes to reassemble her life, reevaluate her career, and find a clear way forward. Adrift and battling insomnia, she discovers that her father's sleepy hometown has been transformed into a Silicon Valley suburb on steroids, obsessed with an annual exam called The Wonder Test. When students at her son's high school go missing, reappearing under mysterious circumstances on abandoned beaches, Lina must summon her strength and push her own ethical boundaries to the limits in order to solve the crimes. Meanwhile, an old espionage case called Red Vine keeps calling her back into the fold. While Lina struggles to balance her new role as a single mother and the complex counterintelligence puzzles she is so adept at solving, Greenfield's shadowy dangers creep closer to her own home. A searing view of a culture that puts the wellbeing of children at risk for advancement and prestige, and a captivating story of the lengths a mother will go for her son"-- Provided by publisher. 20210726. Women spies Fiction. Mothers and sons Fiction. Examinations Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) QS5