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"When her return home to Graybridge coincides with the murder of her friend Kara, former professional ballerina Esmé Foster, haunted by a past tragedy, must shine a light into the darkness to learn what really happened in the woods the night Kara died to bring this nightmare to an end"--
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Running against each other for homeowner’s association president, enemies Collins Carter and Nathaniel Adams sink to levels their sleepy suburb has never seen before until hate turns to lust, forcing them to reckon with the feelings they’ve ignored for years.
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English
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"On their way home from a party, seventeen-year-old Ivy and her soon-to-be ex nearly run over a nude young woman standing in a tree-lined road in the middle of the night. It's only the first in a string of increasingly eerie events and offerings: a dead rabbit in the driveway, a bizarre concoction buried in the backyard, a box of childhood keepsakes hidden in her parents' closet safe. And most unsettling of all, corroded recollections of Ivy and her...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Welcome to Maple Street, a picture-perfect slice of suburban Long Island, its residents bound by their children, their work, and their illusion of safety in a rapidly changing world. But menace skulks beneath the surface of this exclusive enclave, making its residents prone to outrage. When the Wilde family moves in, they trigger their neighbors' worst fears. Dad Arlo's a gruff has-been rock star with track marks. Mom Gertie's got a thick Brooklyn...
5) Locust Lane
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Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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On the surface, Emerson, Massachusetts, is just like any other affluent New England suburb. But when a young woman is found dead in the nicest part of town, the powerful neighbors close ranks to keep their families safe. The three teenagers who were partying with her that night are the suspects: Hannah, a sweet girl with an unstable history; Jack, the popular kid with a mean streak; Christopher, an outsider desperate to fit in. Their parents, each...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Sometimes the darkest acts occur in the most beautiful houses... When Alexis and her husband Sam buy a neglected Cape Cod house in an exclusive DC suburb, they are ecstatic. Sam is on the cusp of making partner at his law firm, Alexis is pregnant with their second child, and their glamorous neighbors welcome the couple with open arms. Things are looking up, and Alexis believes she can finally leave her troubled past behind. But the neighborhood's...
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
406 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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When a deadly pandemic strikes, Ann Brooks's town is locked down and, as time passes, she is forced to confront her failing marriage and fight for survival as resources dwindle and neighbor turns against neighbor.
10) Big little lies
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English
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Follows three mothers, each at a crossroads, and their potential involvement in a riot at a school trivia night that leaves one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but which evidence shows might have been premeditated.
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English
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"After suburban mother of five and former FBI profiler Andie Stern solved a mysterious murder - and unraveled a decades old conspiracy - in her New Jersey town, both her husband and the West Windsor police hope that she will set aside crime-fighting and go back to carpools, changing diapers, and lunches with her group of mom-friends, who she secretly calls The Cellulitists. But Andie can't help but get involved after the husband of Queen Bee Cellulitist...
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Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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In a series of interconnected short stories, the residents of Old Cranbury, Connecticut face unseen battles and creeping truths, dreaming the massive dreams that each person holds close-- and that hold them close to each other.
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English
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"Idyllic neighborhood, perfect family, meaningful career. CIA analyst Beth Bradford has it all--until she doesn't. Now, facing an empty nest and a broken marriage, Beth is moving from the cul-de-sac she's long called home, and the CIA is removing her from the case that's long been hers: tracking an elusive Iranian intelligence agent known as The Neighbor. Madeline Sterling moves into Beth's old house. She has what Beth once had: an adoring husband,...
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Publisher
Little a
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Martha Hale is an affable wife and mother who lives in an affluent neighborhood of well-tended lawns and high expectations. If only her clumsiness at penetrating the social circles of her neighbors weren't making Martha so lonely. That's why she's thrilled when the glamorous Minnie Foster, a former high school classmate, moves in next door. Despite Martha's determination, picking up where they left off is trickier than anticipated--especially when...
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Publisher
Seventh Street Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Mona Ellison's life is as perfect as the porcelain dolls lined up on her shelves. She has a successful husband, a loving son, a beautiful home, and a supportive group of girlfriends ever ready for their weekly wine night. But when Mona's son gets entangled with the wrong crowd and runs away from home, her blissful suburban world begins to unravel. She tells her friends that boys will be boys, that he'll be back as soon as his money runs dry . . ....
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Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
243 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Formerly a model and photographer trying to make it in New York, Louisa Rader is back in her affluent hometown of Nearwater, Connecticut, where she's married to a successful older architect, raising a preteen daughter, and trying to vitalize the provincial local art center. As the years pass, she's grown restless in her safe and comfortable routine, haunted by the flash of the life she used to live. When intense and intriguing young artist-environmentalist...
17) The mere wife
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Publisher
MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Headley's fourth novel is ... a darkly electric reinterpretation of Beowulf that upends its Old English framework to comment on the nature of heroes and how we "other" those different from ourselves. It deftly interweaves a host of contemporary themes, from racial tension to veterans' reintegration, political corruption, and female power. In modern suburbia, a well-regulated gated community is juxtaposed against the frightening, untamed wildness...
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