Julie's Review: Such a Quiet Place

Author: Megan Miranda
Series: None
Publication Date:  July 13, 2021
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Obtained: publisher
Genre:  Psychological Thriller
Rating: 4/5
Bottom Line: Not everything is as it seems
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Summary: Welcome to Hollow’s Edge, where you can find secrets, scandal, and a suspected killer—all on one street. Hollow’s Edge used 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 once 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 the shocking twists that are Megan Miranda’s trademark, Such a Quiet Place is Megan Miranda’s best novel yet—a twisty locked-box thriller that will keep you turning pages late into the night. ~amazon.com

Review: I live in a fairly quiet neighborhood, except for all the young kids but that's ok. We all aren't up in each other's business (well at least I'm not) and we kind of keep to ourselves. I'm social when I want to be but if you read this blog you know we aren't home a ton. So if a murder were to happen in our neighborhood, it would definitely shock us. 

Hollow's Edge used to be a sleepy neighborhood until 2 of their neighbors were murdered and another one was convicted of her murder. Now that conviction has been overturned, Ruby has returned to her former residence to come back to live. Her friend and former roommate is not exactly surprised to see Ruby in her house. This presents a wealth of issues for Harper because now everyone is on guard and that personally affects her. People look at her differently now that Ruby is back in the neighborhood. 

What is Ruby back for? Vengeance, clear her name, return to the life she knew before? All of the above. Harper can't even get a good read on her and she's not sure if she should trust her. I'm pretty sure the answer should be no even if you think she's innocent of what she was in prison for doing. 

What unfolds is a lot of cloak and dagger by Harper to figure out what really went down that night when the Truett's were murdered. 

This is the first of Ms. Miranda's books that I have read but I have done the audiobook for several of her others and enjoy them. She'll be a writer I migrate too continuously in the future. 

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