SUCH A QUIET PLACE

SYNOPSIS

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.

Title: Such a quiet place

Author: Megan Miranda

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication date: July 13, 2021

REVIEW

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐💫

I love stories set in close-knit communities where everyone is hiding some secret. Hollow’s Edge is that kind of community. All the neighbors support each other and if you don’t believe it ask Ruby, who was convicted for the murder of two of her neighbors based on the word of everyone else in there. But after some new evidence came to light she’s out and back at Hollow’s Edge with not so clear intentions.

Hollow’s Edge was a quiet place and, for the first half, too quiet in my opinion. I found Ruby’s character really interesting but focusing so much on her return and its impact mostly on Harper (her old roommate and narrator of the story), made for the story to drag quite a bit at first.

Once “the turn” happened things picked up nicely and made the story much more interesting. There were twists and turns that made me change my suspicions about who the killer was several times. It was interesting trying to guess what everyone’s motivation could be. The group of neighbors was an interesting one but, as usual in this kind of stories, they were all presented in a short span of time, making it a bit hard to differentiate them at first.

Part of the resolution came as a surprise and it made up for the slow start and first half.

This was my first Megan Miranda but certainly won’t be my last. Any recs?

Thanks to Edelweiss and Simon & Schuster for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.