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Average rating3.4
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last House Guest—a Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection—comes a riveting, “suspenseful” (BookPage, starred review) novel about a mysterious murder in an idyllic and close-knit neighborhood. Welcome to Hollow’s Edge, where you can find secrets, scandal, and a suspected killer—all on one street. Hollow’s Edge use to be a quiet place. A private and idyllic neighborhood where neighbors dropped in on neighbors, celebrated graduation and holiday parties together, and looked out for one another. But then came the murder of Brandon and Fiona Truett. A year and a half later, Hollow’s Edge is simmering. The residents are trapped, unable to sell their homes, confronted daily by the empty Truett house, and suffocated by their trial testimonies that implicated one of their own. Ruby Fletcher. And now, Ruby’s back. With her conviction overturned, Ruby waltzes right back to Hollow’s Edge, and into the home she shared with Harper Nash. Harper, five years older, has always treated Ruby like a wayward younger sister. But now she’s terrified. What possible good could come of Ruby returning to the scene of the crime? And how can she possibly turn her away, when she knows Ruby has nowhere to go? Within days, suspicion spreads like a virus across Hollow’s Edge. It’s increasingly clear that not everyone told the truth about the night of the Truetts’ murders. And when Harper begins receiving threatening notes, she realizes she has to uncover the truth before someone else becomes the killer’s next victim. Pulsating with suspense and with Megan Miranda’s trademark shocking twists, Such a Quiet Place is Megan Miranda’s best novel yet—a “powerful, paranoid thriller” (Booklist, starred review) that will keep you turning the pages late into the night.
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Too many characters that I didn't care about and it felt like there were time jumps intertwined with the present story. It would be much better to have past and present alternating chapters.
Great suspense story particularly geared toward those homeowner communities in the suburbs.
Dit was opnieuw een langzaam opbouwende, vooral karakter gedreven mysterie van Megan Miranda. Naarmate het mysterie zich ontrafelt, wordt de spanning opgedreven. Vooral de omgeving van de kleine, toxische wijk, waar iedereen iedereen in de gaten houdt, zorgde voor een claustrofobisch gevoel.
Doordat het echter zo langzaam vooruit ging en omdat ik ook moeite had het hoofdpersonage en haar passiviteit te begrijpen, verloor ik af en toe wel mijn interesse. Doordat ik de ontknoping ook nog eens vrij tegenvallend vond, is dit over het algemeen een niet zo memorabel boek.
Lichte en leuke zomerthriller, maar niks speciaals.
I was super excited for this book! I've only read one other of Megan Miranda's books and I enjoyed it. I felt pretty much the same about this one. It was a good neighborhood thriller that had a twist ending that I didn't see coming but I didn't feel attached to any of the characters and I kind of was just like “yup, ok” whenever something shocking happened.
Thank you to Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for providing me with an eBook copy to review.