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Book Review: Such a Quiet Place by Megan Miranda

Such a Quiet Place has all the makings for a great domestic thriller with a convicted murderer returning to the scene of the crime and upending carefully cultivated facades, secrets, stories, and relationships. At it’s heart, it has two crimes that the narrator, Ruby’s friend Harper, must solve. In her pursuit of what really happened, everything that made Hollow’s Edge what it is, is overturned, disturbed and ruffled. Yet Such a Quiet Place has it’s ups and downs. While some of the thrill aspects were a lot of fun, I found it to be a little predictable and some the tension a little lacking.

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It’s late June, just before the Fourth of July Holiday, when someone walks into Harper’s home. Unexpectedly, it’s Ruby, Harper’s friend and former roommate who had been convicted in the murders of the Truetts. But a mistrial was declared, making Ruby a free woman.

With Ruby’s return comes a return of the fear and tension that gripped the community two years before. The community begins to fracture as secrets are forced out and as someone seems to be spying on them and leaving notes, calling into question whether anyone told the truth of what happened the night the Truetts died.

I really wanted to like Such a Quiet Place . I love the idea of a small community harboring secrets and then having them exposed. Unfortunately, it felt a little too predictable and lacked any real tension until the last 10%. It was a little slow to get going and perhaps revealed a little too much early on.

I did think most of the characters were actually quite interesting. Their characterizations were consistent, but they all seemed to have the same kind of aura of secrecy, keeping Harper at arm’s length as though she hadn’t been a part of the community for years. Harper herself was a little hard to pin down. As the story called for it, she seemed to waffle from one position to another, but tried to maintain a sort of middle of the road approach as to whether Ruby was guilty or not. I liked that they all seemed a little crazy, making Harper seem very alone and rightfully fearful for her life.

What I loved most was the setting. Hollow’s Edge is quiet and secluded. While the community extends a little further, the story is centered on one particular area. The houses are close together and follow the same general floor plan, making it easy for all of them to navigate each other’s homes. It was an interesting detail, perhaps to add a bit of drama or tension, but I didn’t find it to be anything other than just a detail. One interesting thing was that much of the community was connected to the college across the lake, but it actually felt irrelevant. I liked that it indicated the residents of Hollow’s Edge had very intermingled lives, but the novel takes place during a holiday, so the campus isn’t really seen much, so doesn’t play a large role.

The community was fascinating. I loved how it felt like something like a well-oiled wheel. Everyone knows something about each other, has ties to each other, but there are still buried secrets that start to slowly come to light even as everything functions as expected. Everyone knows each others’ business, and everyone is suspicious of each other because of it. But they really are a community, which contributed to the only really delicious part of the story.

Such a Quiet Place really lacked a lot of the thrills I expected. I thought something felt a little off, like they were all choosing to focus on something irrelevant, not at all doing a great job of hiding something important to the story. Instead, they just seemed to ignore the truth while it was readily apparent to the reader. I did like that some things were unexpected to me, but most of the story was just really focused on Harper trying to figure out everyone’s secrets to piece together what really happened. There were pieces that were irrelevant, feeling like they were thrown in to add a little meat, but didn’t actually do a great job at helping to obscure what was going on. Overall, I just felt things were missing and threads were left hanging and I couldn’t help thinking the whole time that they were all focusing on the wrong thing.

Such a Quiet Place had all the makings of being a really good domestic thriller, but it’s predictability and lack of really twisty turns just makes it an entertaining quick read that also leaves a few threads dangling. I really liked the ending as it was fast-paced and kept the revelations going, but the rest of the story was a little slow and left me feeling a little frustrated.

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The premise sounds interesting. Sad the secrets were revealed too early and it was too slow to dampen the thrill. Great review!

Thanks! It definitely could have been better, but at least it was a quick read.

This is beautifully crafted thriller novel. Thanks for sharing this 😊 we have also reviewed this novel. Do read our review and share your comments https://gobookmart.com/such-a-quiet-place-by-megan-miranda-is-a-beautifully-crafted-thriller/

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Megan Miranda, the bestselling author of THE LAST HOUSE GUEST and other acclaimed thrillers, brings the chills right to her readers’ backyards with SUCH A QUIET PLACE, a story of murder and betrayal in a not-so-quiet neighborhood.

For the residents of Hollow’s Edge, life is pretty predictable. Situated in a college town with a lake and pool, it is the kind of place where neighbors drop in on one another, share house keys, and celebrate birthdays, new babies and children’s graduations. But that all changed 14 months ago when Brandon and Fiona Truett were murdered in their home while their neighbors slept peacefully. Though carbon monoxide poisoning was to blame, their deaths were suspicious: Fiona’s car was left running in their closed garage with the access door open to let the poison seep slowly into their home. True, Brandon and Fiona were not the most liked residents of Hollow’s Edge, but death softened the harsh opinions of their neighbors and led not only to a fair amount of grief but also to a shocking police investigation.

In the end, Harper Nash’s roommate, Ruby Fletcher, was found guilty and expected to be sentenced to 20 years in prison following a trial where nearly every resident testified against their former neighbor. But when we visit Hollow’s Edge at the start of SUCH A QUIET PLACE, the quiet, peaceful ’burb is in for a shock: Ruby is back...and she knows why she was really sent to prison.

"Another classic Megan Miranda hit, SUCH A QUIET PLACE will have you thinking twice before you share a key with your neighbor. But even better, it will make you second-guess any judgments you have about them, too."

When Harper and Ruby met, each was at a crossroads: Harper had been unceremoniously dumped by her fiancé, and Ruby, who had been living with her father in Hollow’s Edge, had just lost her home when he decided to move. Sensing a void in Harper’s life, Ruby asked if she needed a roommate, and the rest was history. Although she was five years younger than Harper, Ruby helped her through her breakup like none of her former friends and neighbors could. Sure, there were rumors that Ruby was a bit of a wild child, between the parties with her college friends, impromptu bikini-clad car washes, and a bit of missing cash here and there. But no one, least of all Harper, ever suspected Ruby of murder. Until they did.

With Ruby back, tensions in Hollow’s Edge are at an all-time high, and suspicions are flowing rapidly. It isn’t hard to conclude that not everyone was telling the truth at Ruby’s trial, but even worse, new secrets and alliances have formed in the time since Ruby was hauled away. Harper has begun sleeping with Ruby’s ex, Mac; Margo and Paul have welcomed a new baby amid rising friction; Tate and Javier, the suburb’s “perfect couple,” are having screaming matches outside; and Chase, Hollow's Edge’s very own policeman, has been suspended from his department pending an internal investigation.

Through it all, Harper has managed to stay somewhat neutral, but with a potential murderer living in her home and the neighbors watching --- and commenting, patrolling and gossiping --- at all times, even she has noticed a cooling in their friendliness. All of it starts to make her wonder what really happened that night. If they are all so convinced that Ruby did it, then why are they are so eager to make sure that their stories match and they’re all on the same side? Fueling her curiosity is Ruby’s claim that she and her lawyer have new evidence that not only clears her name, but could lead to identifying the real murderer. And then the notes hinting at the true killer start to arrive.

Combining social media posts, date and time stamps, a map and a killer premise, Megan Miranda chronicles Harper’s investigation into two tragic deaths and the rumors, suspicions and outright lies swirling around her. She is expertly skilled at writing an immersive setting: her use of the “locked-room” trope in Hollow’s Edge adds a certain chill factor to the plot, but on top of that, her technique of breaking the chapters into days turns her readers into armchair detectives, following along day by day just as Harper does. Much like Sarah Langan’s GOOD NEIGHBORS, SUCH A QUIET PLACE plays heavily on the idea of a tight-knit neighborhood and the toxicity that can breed there. On the one hand, it is terrific to live in a community where everyone knows everyone; on the other, it often can mean being seen at your worst moments and judged by even the slightest misconception or miscommunication.

Miscommunication plays a huge role in the plot, and while I usually love this device, I felt that it was a bit overused here. It is easy as a reader to say that so many issues could have been resolved if only the characters talked to one another. But in this case, I felt that there were extraneous plotlines where the levels of secrecy came off as forced. When it comes to red herrings and misdirection, however, Miranda excels. Each resident is hiding something , including Harper, and it was not until the final reveal that I had any clue what might have happened the night of the murders. Miranda plays with two horrifying angles here: first, that Hollow’s Edge convicted the wrong person; and second, that the real perpetrator is still walking among them.

The idea of a thriller taking place long after the initial crime has occurred was immediately intriguing to me when I learned that Miranda had written a new book. With the original case being “solved,” it took on more of a slowburn pace at first, with Miranda introducing each character, laying bare their descriptions of the night of the murders and then completely turning the whole case around. The first half felt a bit slow at times as a result, but when she started poking holes in the case against Ruby, I could not put the book down. Though there were no jump scares or epic scenes of violence and gore, I was absolutely riveted, chills and all.

Another classic Megan Miranda hit, SUCH A QUIET PLACE will have you thinking twice before you share a key with your neighbor. But even better, it will make you second-guess any judgments you have about them, too.

Reviewed by Rebecca Munro on July 16, 2021

Such a Quiet Place by Megan Miranda

• Publication Date: June 14, 2022
• Genres: Fiction , Mystery , Psychological Suspense , Psychological Thriller , Suspense , Thriller
• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Scribner/Marysue Rucci Books
• ISBN-10: 1982147296
• ISBN-13: 9781982147297

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A lakeside community turns ominous in Megan Miranda’s latest thriller

If suburbia skews Stepford to you, Megan Miranda’s wild new thriller Such A Quiet Place will only cement your suspicions.

Miranda is the perennially New York Times-bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club pick The Last House Guest . She doles out enough twists to keep plot-happy readers occupied, while also infusing her cast of characters with deep emotions and conflicted motivations. She weaves humanity into her stories, which always tackle deeper themes than just whodunnit.

Such A Quiet Place is no exception. Hollow’s Edge is an outwardly charming lakeside community full of families, with access to green space and the nearby college, and an active homeowner’s association.

Joining the association also includes an invite to “a private message board, not officially regulated, initially set up with the best of intentions,” Miranda writes of the area’s Nextdoor doppelgänger. “It became a different beast after the deaths of Brandon and Fiona Truett.”

Harper Nash lives on her own in Hollow’s Edge. After her boyfriend left, she’d taken on a roommate, Ruby. As the novel opens, we learn that Ruby’s been in jail for more than a year, convicted of poisoning the Truetts. But the courts have overturned Ruby’s sentence, and she walks into Harper’s house like she still belongs.

Ruby’s reappearance kick-starts this story of a neighborhood that wants to believe it’s close-knit and idyllic. The reality is far more isolating, and often sinister. Harper is a people-pleaser who finds it hard to say no to Ruby, who has a sociopath’s charismatic personality and penchant for mischief. That pits Harper against all of her neighbors, who alternate between shock and disdain at Ruby’s return.

Miranda is intensely interested in the difference between our public and private selves. “We’ve always been great pretenders here,” she writes. Her Hollow’s Edge includes couples who smile on the street and fight in their backyards, teen-age girls who skulk around after dark in the woods and mothers who mask their parenting insecurities with lemonade face-offs.

It’s against this backdrop that Ruby and, eventually, Harper begin digging into the truth of what happened at the Truetts’ house 14 months ago. Home security camera evidence and a zealous neighborhood watch both play large here, as does the collective push towards neighborhood groupthink. By the time everyone gathers at a July 4 picnic, frazzled nerves abound, and more death is on its way.

Such A Quiet Place features classic hallmarks of suspense, including threatening notes, creaking back gates and plenty of misdirection. And the insular nature of Hollow’s Edge recalls Agatha Christie -style country-house mysteries. But these familiar trappings merely gild a story that asks the most essential of questions: Who are we, when no one is looking?

(Simon and Schuster, July 13, 2021)

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Such a Quiet Place by Megan Miranda July 13th, 2021 by Simon & Schuster Date read: June 19, 2021

The Characters: 

Harper Her former roommate Ruby

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The Plot (from Goodreads ):

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.

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Ruby dies too, so we know she’s not the culprit.She was poisoned with antifreeze at the community pool.

Harper determines that it was just an accident that killed the Truetts–in the middle of a fight they left the car running and the garage door open, and succumbed to the effects of the carbon monoxide. It was unclear to me whether this was proven, or whether they just didn’t suspect Ruby anymore.

Molly (Charlotte’s daughter) was the one sending the notes.Whitney was the one sneaking around the neighborhood, and Molly was trying to protect her. Charlotte killed Ruby to protect her daughters, but this was based on assumptions she had made and didn’t really make a lot of sense.

Margo’s secret was that she had left her baby in the car alone. Preston was dating a student and just a skeevy guy, but unrelated to Ruby’s death.

The Ending:

The review: .

I’m a huge Megan Miranda fan. I always enjoy her books, and Such a Quiet Place was no exception. I flew through it in a single lazy Saturday, and couldn’t put it down! The pace was perfect, the characters were interesting, and the mystery drew me in right away.

I’ve read a few books lately that, similar to this one, take place in these small close-knit neighborhoods where everyone knows everything about each other. This setting works really well for me. It’s semi-closed door, so you know the culprit is someone in the neighborhood, but with so many secrets you can’t tell who is hiding something related to the storyline.

Ruby’s character was especially interesting to me. Why would she act so strangely if she had nothing to hide? Poor Harper was such a pushover, letting Ruby traipse back in and steamroll her life and then taking the blame for it with the neighbors. I really wanted her to stand up for herself with Ruby!

I will say that some suspension of belief is required to fully enjoy the ending. The extent of certain miscommunications is a little unbelievable–although some people just really love a scapegoat! There were some plot holes that made it hard for me to accept the ending, although it’s possible these will be resolved before the finished copy is published.

I love neighborhood drama between frenemies and I love thrillers, so Such A Quiet Place was the perfect combination of the two.

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• The Therapist by BA Paris

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Review | Such a Quiet Place, by Megan Miranda

From the blurb, I expected a page-turning domestic thriller. The title refers to the perceived peacefulness of the setting, a neighbourhood called Hollow’s Edge where the local homeowners’ association maintains a neighbourhood watch and enforces social mores. Such settings are always ripe for thrillers, since the genteel veneer often masks intra-community drama and simmering resentments.

On one hand, Such a Quiet Place does deliver such a thriller. There’s a sense of menace in Ruby’s return, with all the neighbours still convinced of her guilt and stressing over what kind of revenge she has planned. Harper, the narrator, also begins to receive mysterious, threatening notes, which threaten to reveal something she’s tried to keep secret. And about halfway through the novel, another death occurs, and new suspicions flare up. It’s a page turner, and Miranda is a skilled writer who keeps you guessing.

But mostly, to my surprise, I found the book sad. The truth behind the murders does hold menace, but the reasons actually turn out to be sadder and more ordinary than I anticipated. Beyond the central mystery around the murders, the novel delves into all the drama stirred up by the local homeowners’ association (HOA), led by neighbourhood queen bee Charlotte Brock. Still fully convinced of Ruby’s guilt, they decide she’s not welcome in the neighbourhood, snub her at the Fourth of July barbecue, and peer pressure Harper into evicting her from their home. Ruby is far from a likeable character — she does some shady things, and pretty much strong-arms her way back into Harper’s house — but I still felt bad for her with how much bullying she had to face from the HOA. 

Because the HOA drives so much of the action in the novel, the story feels not so much a thriller as pointed social commentary wrapped up in thrillerish elements. Through her characters, Miranda prompts us to reflect on what and who we consider our home and community, and how complicit we become in maintaining an exclusionary social order.

For example, the neighbours all participate in an online message board, but the message board is open only to homeowners, and not renters. At one point, Harper reflects that all the renters got out as soon as they could after the Truett murders destroyed the sense of safety in the neighbourhood, while homeowners had invested too much equity to be able to leave so easily. But, while the murders likely did play a part in it, I can’t help but wonder how many of those renters moved out simply because they were treated as second-class citizens.

Another telling example is the Fourth of July barbecue, where Charlotte decides only residents are allowed to come, because they’re the ones who pay the HOA fees that fund the event. She gets pushback from neighbours who want to bring guests, and eventually caves, but not before snarking that with guests allowed, there may not be enough food to go around. 

While Charlotte is the queen bee, all the neighbours are in some form or other complicit in the toxicity that sets them apart from ‘outsiders’. Miranda does a great job with Harper’s perspective on this, as the author manages to convey how much the HOA fosters a sense of belonging and close-knit friendships in the community while still exerting subtle pressure on residents to abide by their social norms, or else be outsiders in their own homes. 

By the end of the novel, I realized how terrifying the story was in its mundaneness. We often see thrillers with taglines like “it can happen anywhere”, and with this book, Miranda succeeds in crafting just such a thriller, and in challenging us to consider how we engage with where we live.

Thank you to Simon and Schuster Canada for an e-galley of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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Title: Such a Quiet Place

Author: Megan Miranda

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publish Date: July 13, 2021

Genre: Mystery Thriller

My Rating: 4/5

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.

Hollow’s Edge was a nice neighborhood, until a murder occurred. Ruby was convicted of killing her neighbors, but her conviction was overturned. Much to the residents of Hollow’s Edge surprise, Ruby returned after her release. She moved back in with her roommate, Harper. Harper is as surprised as everyone else. As suspicions and lies keep all of the neighbors on edge, Harper tries to discover what really happened the night her neighbors died.

Such a Quiet Place is told through Harper point of view. She recalls events that led to Ruby’s conviction, plus the current happenings in the neighborhood. Harper is worried about having Ruby in the house, and most of the neighbors are not happy about Ruby being back. There are a lot of characters, and it seems most people are not entirely truthful.

One my favorite tropes in books is an idyllic neighborhood. So, of course, Such a Quiet Place piqued my interest. I usually find Megan Miranda’s novels to be intriguing reads, and Such a Quiet Place did not disappoint. A slow burning thriller for readers who enjoy female protagonists and neighborhood drama.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Books by Megan Miranda:

• All the Missing Girls
• The Perfect Stranger
• The Last House Guest
• The Girl from Widow Hills
• Such a Quiet Place
• The Last to Vanish
• The Only Survivors
• Daughter of Mine

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This one sounds good. I have read and enjoyed all her previous books and this one sounds interesting. I am always interested in wrongful convictions, but is that the case here? I guess I need to read this one soon.

It was a good one, but most of her books are good. I think you’ll like it 😊

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Such a Quiet Place is the fourth of US author, Megan Miranda’s novels I’ve read. It’s about the aftermath of murder in a (kinda) gated community, setting up an intriguing locked room-type mystery. Almost. To the relief of the locals someone was arrested and convicted of the crime. But there’s now the question of whether they were actually guilty.

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.

Though I’m usually a fan of Miranda’s work and love some of the clever ways she’s plotted her novels I enjoyed this less than I expected, and I suspect it was a combination of factors.

I very much disliked Ruby. I mean… we’re meant to. I don’t think Miranda has tried to portray her character as sympathetic. At all. But Harper (our narrator) also frustrated me. I – along with the neighbourhood – was agog when Ruby returned to the house she’d shared with Harper without asking, assuming she was still welcome after 14 months. I kept waiting for Harper to say something or at least ask Ruby where she was staying (or similar!) passive-aggressively… if unable to be more blatantly assertive.

But no. There’s a sense of acquiescence and we learn that’s Harper’s greatest weakness. She’s a pushover. We get some backstory / family history and learn more about the ex-fiancee who left her, so can feel some sympathy for her, but she annoyed the hell out of me. To the extent I almost put this book aside.

But Miranda introduces enough intrigue to keep me reading and I easily finished this in a sitting. I was rather happy about the turn of events two-thirds of the way through the novel and it adds a layer of complexity. But the pace remained a little slower than I’d like and even though we ultimately get answers I wasn’t sure I cared enough either way.

Of course there is a deeper context here as Miranda reflects on human behaviour in general. How easily we’re led. How easily we’re convinced to maintain the status quo, keep others happy and be accepted by (and blend in with) those around us. And a sense that – if more time is spent pursuing the truth there’ll be fewer consequences in the long term.

Such a Quiet Place by Megan Miranda was published in Australia by Allen & Unwin and is now available.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher for review purposes. 

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Such a Quiet Place

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last House Guest —a Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection—comes a new riveting suspense novel about a mysterious murder in an idyllic and close-knit neighborhood.

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.

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.

Simon & Schuster (July 13, 2021)

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“Miranda, who makes the setting, where everyone knows one another and ends up fearing one another, all the more chilling for its seeming normality, is a master of misdirection and sudden plot twists, leading up to a wallop of an ending. A powerful, paranoid thriller.” — Booklist , starred review

“A claustrophobic and suspenseful whodunit…that ponders the eternal question of how well we really know those closest to us.” — BookPage (Starred Review)

“The twists keep coming until the very last page. Agatha Christie fans will welcome this 21st-century update on the classic golden age village mystery.” — Publishers Weekly

“The perfect suburban setting; the secretive, quirky neighbors; three unsolved murders; and an Agatha Christie vibe make this whodunit an excellent beach read.” — Library Journal

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Megan Miranda is the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls , The Perfect Stranger , The Last House Guest , which was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, The Girl from Widow Hills , Such a Quiet Place , The Last to Vanish , and The Only Survivors . She has also written several books for young adults . She grew up in New Jersey, graduated from MIT, and lives in North Carolina with her husband and two children. Follow @MeganLMiranda on X and Instagram, @AuthorMeganMiranda on Facebook, or visit MeganMiranda.com.

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• Publisher: S&S/Marysue Rucci Books (June 14, 2022)
• Length: 352 pages
• ISBN13: 9781982147297

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Such a Quiet Place: A Novel Kindle Edition

• Print length 348 pages
• Language English
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• Publisher S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books
• Publication date July 13, 2021
• File size 8292 KB
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• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08LDXPDYY
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books (July 13, 2021)
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 13, 2021
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• File size ‏ : ‎ 8292 KB
• Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
• Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
• Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
• X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
• Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
• Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 348 pages
• #334 in Women's Psychological Fiction
• #541 in Domestic Thrillers (Kindle Store)
• #876 in Domestic Thrillers (Books)

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Megan miranda.

Megan Miranda is the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls; The Perfect Stranger; The Last House Guest, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick; The Girl from Widow Hills; Such a Quiet Place; and The Last to Vanish. She has also written several books for young adults. She grew up in New Jersey, graduated from MIT, and lives in North Carolina with her husband and two children.

Her next book, The Only Survivors, will be published on April 11th, 2023.

Follow @MeganLMiranda on Instagram, @AuthorMeganMiranda on Facebook, or visit www.meganmiranda.com

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Customers find the book to be an awesome read with a well-written style. However, they find the pacing slow. Opinions are mixed on the plot, with some finding it good and twisty, while others say it stinks.

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"...I absolutely loved this book, hands down it’s amazing . The characters were well written, they were realistic, how does a village react moment...." Read more

"...but then read a chapter out loud to hubby and discovered it was pretty darn good . I needed to slow down and just enjoy it...." Read more

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Customers find the writing style well written and compelling, making them feel like they know the characters personally.

"...I absolutely loved this book, hands down it’s amazing. The characters were well written , they were realistic, how does a village react moment...." Read more

"So, I did enjoy the book. I did. It was well written . The characters were a little meh for my taste and the story line progressed slowly...." Read more

"This was a suspenseful book that kept you guessing til the end! A very easy read with lots of twists and turns." Read more

"...Megan Miranda is a terrific writer , highest recommendation." Read more

Customers have mixed opinions about the plot of the book. Some find it good, with a good mystery and twist. They say the premise is conceivable and the last 40% was riveting. However, some customers find the story boring, predictable, and forgettable.

" Great story " Read more

"...How could Ruby have known? I was so confused. It was not a roller coaster of a book at all. I love a good mystery but this wasn’t it." Read more

"This book was slow. It had a good story and twist but took forever to get there. It needed more to grab me" Read more

"...The stories seemed to mesh together , which was a personal reading road set back for myself...." Read more

Customers find the pacing of the book slow and tough to get through the first half.

"This book was slow. It had a good story and twist but took forever to get there . It needed more to grab me" Read more

"...The characters were a little meh for my taste and the story line progressed slowly ...." Read more

"...The last 40% was really riveting, but it was a really slow start , so had to dock a star." Read more

"I almost didn’t finish it. It was tough to get through the first half . Actually took me a couple weeks of a few pages at a time...." Read more

Customers find the character development shallow and the resolution feels rushed.

"So, I did enjoy the book. I did. It was well written. The characters were a little meh for my taste and the story line progressed slowly...." Read more

"I’m a huge Megan Miranda fan, but this one fell flat. The character development was shallow and the resolution felt rushed and, while it was..." Read more

"... I didn't feel any of the characters and the plot was weak .I think I will move on from her" Read more

"...ending was predictable and very anti-climatic, and the characters were dull and uninteresting ." Read more

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