We had no warning that she would come back...
Welcome to Hollow's Edge - a picture-perfect neighbourhood where everyone has each other's backs. At least, that's how it used to be, until the night Brandon and Fiona Truett were found dead...
Two years ago, branded a grifter, thief and sociopath by her friends and neighbours, Ruby Fletcher was convicted of murdering the Truetts. Now, freed by mistrial, Ruby has returned to Hollow's Edge. But why would she come back? No one wants her there, least of all her old housemate, Harper Nash.
As Ruby's return sends shockwaves through the community, terrified residents turn on each other, and it soon becomes clear that not everyone was honest about the night the Truetts died. When Harper begins to receive threatening, anonymous notes, she realizes she has to uncover the truth before someone else gets hurt... Someone like her.
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THERE WAS NO PARTY the day Ruby Fletcher came home. CHAPTER 1
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(@simonschusterUK, 13 July 2021, ebook, 352 pages, borrowed from @GlasgowLib via @BorrowBox)
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Such A Quiet Place has been on my radar for ages because I've enjoyed other books by the author and it sounded right up my street. I knew I was going to enjoy the book after I'd read the first couple of paragraphs. Hollow's Edge is the kind of neighbour which is ripe for terrible things to happen and for seemingly happy neighbours to turn on each other. I loved Ruby as a character, so complex. She didn't give a damn what people thought about her. She returned to the neighbourhood knowing full well it would ruffle everyone's feathers. I loved the way the author explores the layers of paranoia that exists in the community until the truth is revealed. I'd recommend this.