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Ten-year-old Alfie Risby has gone missing. If we’re being honest, Alfie is no angel—quite the opposite, in fact. He’s a bully, the spoiled heir to a frozen food empire, and he’s been making life miserable for Dylan, another boy at school.

Florence Grimes, Dylan’s mom, is thirty-one, single, broke, and who, after her promising career in a girl band crashed and burned in spectacular fashion, hasn’t exactly found her footing. Her one reason for dragging herself out of bed each day? Dylan. But when Alfie disappears during a school field trip, suspicion immediately turns toward Dylan, forcing Florence toward an uncomfortable truth: she has to step up, track down Alfie herself, and clear her son’s name—or risk losing him forever.

There’s just one small issue: Florence is about as far from skilled or detective-ready as you can get, and to top it all off, all the other school moms can’t stand her. Worse still, Florence can’t shake the nagging suspicion that Dylan might actually know something he isn’t sharing.

Darkly funny, fast-paced, and wonderfully twisted, All the Other Mothers Hate Me is the gripping and hilarious must-read novel of 2025.