The Stats
📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚
BOOK: Such a Quiet Place
AUTHOR:Megan Miranda @meganlmiranda
Publisher: Simon & Schuster @simonandschuster
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Published: July 13, 2021
The Review
✨ The Title/Cover Draw:
- I really enjoy Megan Miranda’s books so I will totally read any that come up. Thanks to #netgalley for this one!
💜 What I liked:
- The setting is not unique but the situation of the accused killer coming back to the scene of the crime is fascinating. I really enjoyed seeing all the different variations of the crime.
😱 What I didn’t like:
- I’m not sure there was enough suspicion cast on the other people or that we got enough time to get to know them enough to suspect them.
💁♀️ The Characters:
- Harper lives and works in a small community and her roommate (and convicted killer) returns from jail to the scene of the crime.
🚦 The Ending:
- Slightly surprising to be honest!
💭 Consider if you like:
- THRILLERS! It is still really great to read.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Received from Netgalley.
📘 Summary:
We had no warning that she’d come back.
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 Truett’s 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.