On a Quiet Street
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3.7 • 6 Ratings
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- $9.99
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Publisher Description
A New York Times Book Review Summer Read and Edgar Award nominee! Don’t miss this unputdownable psychological thriller! Perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware!
When you really start to look beyond the airy open floor plans and marble counters, Brighton Hills is filled with secrets. Some big, some little, some deadly. And one by one, they’re about to be revealed… “A writer to watch.” —Publishers Weekly
The perfect neighborhood can be the perfect place to hide…
Who wouldn’t want to live in Brighton Hills? This exclusive community on the Oregon coast is the perfect mix of luxury and natural beauty. Stunning houses nestle beneath mighty Douglas firs, and lush backyards roll down to the lakefront. It’s the kind of place where neighbors look out for one another. Sometimes a little too closely…
Cora thinks her husband, Finn, is cheating—she just needs to catch him in the act. That’s where Paige comes in. Paige lost her son to a hit-and-run last year, and she’s drowning in the kind of grief that makes people do reckless things like spying on the locals, searching for proof that her son’s death was no accident…and agreeing to Cora’s plan to reveal what kind of man Finn really is. All the while, their reclusive new neighbor, Georgia, is acting more strangely every day. But what could such a lovely young mother possibly be hiding?
Looking for another heart-pounding thriller? Find out how far the shady residents of the Sycamores will go to keep the stranger in their midst from uncovering their deadly secrets in bestselling author Seraphina Nova Glass’s upcoming thriller, THE VACANCY IN ROOM 10!
Other thrillers from Seraphina to keep you up all night: The Vanishing Hour Such a Good Wife Someone’s Listening
Customer Reviews
Page turner
Lots of twists and turns kept me hooked! Good beach read
Surreal housewives of suburban Oregon
3.5 stars
American author with two MFAs (Dramatic Writing from Smith, Directing from U Idaho) who now teaches Film Studies and Playwriting at U Texas and writes fiction. This is her 4th published title.
The ironically named titular street is in a fictional lakefront gated community in Oregon where, according to the blurb, the neighbours “look out for each other.” (Translation: spy on each other.) The book opens with a young male dying in the street after hit-run accident. Fast forward 12 months and the aforementioned victim’s Mom is still looking for answers. She’s split up from her long suffering hubby, who remains supportive, and drives the local cops mad with her theories about who among her neighbours is responsible. Her bestie next door puts on a happy face despite family (hubby and teen daughter) problems of her own. The English chick in the next house along is a shut-in with a new baby and the hubby from hell.
The story unfolds in parallel third person narratives from the perspectives of the three protagonists. Everyone has secrets and they are all interlinked. Each protagonist achieves resolution in the end. The blokes, not so much. The prose is crisp, pacing good.