The Block Party
A Novel
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4.0 • 311 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Raves for the hottest thriller of 2023!
"This is wicked fun." --Publishers Weekly
“Absolutely amazing. Readers are going to flip!” —Lisa Gardner, New York Times bestselling author of ONE STEP TOO FAR
"Like a firecracker on a hot summer night . . . If you like my novels, you’ll love THE BLOCK PARTY.” ―Elin Hilderbrand, #1 Bestselling author of THE HOTEL NANTUCKET
This summer, meet your neighbors.
The residents of the exclusive cul-de-sac on Alton Road are entangled in a web of secrets and scandal utterly unknown to the outside world, and even to each other.
On the night of the annual Summer block party, there has been a murder.
But, who did it and why takes readers back one year earlier, as rivalries and betrayals unfold—discovering that the real danger lies within their own block and nothing—and no one—is ever as it seems.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Murder shakes the wealthy denizens of Meadowbrook, Mass., from their suburban stupor in Day's appealing debut. The action starts during an exclusive Meadowbrook cul-de-sac's Memorial Day celebration, where Day introduces the novel's key players: sexy widow Brooke Bailey, melancholic mom Mandy Kumar, real estate agent Emily Adair, and Emily's sister, Alex Fox, the event's organizer, who's fortified herself with one too many glasses of wine. During the party, someone dies, and the timeline begins to shift between the current Memorial Day and Memorial Days one year earlier and one year later. Potential killers and victims gradually emerge alongside the cul-de-sac's "waterfall of secrets" as the women's friendships evolve and they start comparing notes that coalesce, uncomfortably, into an array of potential motives. Chapters alternate narration among the central women, while snarky commenters on the Meadowbrook Online Community Page serve as a Greek Chorus that speculates about the numerous skeletons in the community's walk-in closets. Day's choice to withhold both victim and perpetrator ratchets up the tension nicely, and her jabs at suburban repression are sharp. This is wicked fun.
Customer Reviews
Long, but good read.
Long and involved, with an expected ending. Much happening in this particular neighborhood, most not good and some maturing, which was needed. This is a good read, I did find myself wishing it would move along in places. The Wookie, and the Bug Man evidently made the rounds. Lol.
Good book
Not great, but good. A few too many cliches perhaps, but the author wove in her beliefs about environmental issues with a gentle hand without being heavy handed. She does need to familiarize herself with treatment programs for substance use disorder other than AA, like Women For Sobriety, WFS, Smart Recovery, etc. and the meds that a toxicology report actually tests for, if she wants to have more credibility. But those aren’t egregious errors that would make me pass on reading this well written novel about 1 wacky block of neighbors.
Excellent!
I read this book because Elin Hilderbrand recommended it. I felt like I knew each of the characters, they were all really well developed. In the author’s acknowledgments, she wrote that it was her personal challenge to keep the suspense going with an overly complex plot. I think she achieved exactly that. I felt like I was reading an episode, no— a season of Desperate Housewives. I mean that in a positive way. I will definitely be looking into whatever else this writer has written, or will write. P.S. I don’t often feel compelled to write a review.