Becky Baldridge
On a Quiet Street takes us inside a gated community, a place where it's only quiet because almost everyone is hiding something. Is Cora's husband a cheater, or is she imagining things? Was Paige's son the victim of an accident, or was it cold-blooded murder? And what is up with quiet, reclusive Georgia? Seraphina Nova Glass gives us the answers to those questions and more, but she takes a twisted route to get there (twisted as in winding and twisted as in warped). The story is told from three viewpoints - Cora, Paige, and Georgia - and parts of this one are difficult to get through. What I mean is there are things the empathetic part of me had a hard time with, and I had to walk away a couple of times and come back later. So, things do get intense in this domestic drama/suspense, and as much as I dislike trigger warnings, it would be wise to heed them here. On the flip side, some things are a little out there, so you'll need to rely on a good deal of suspension of disbelief. I won't go into details about which parts, so I don't give anything away, but there were things that didn't quite work for that part of me who must question everything. Suspension of disbelief and triggers aside, I expected a story that would pull me in, and I found it. I genuinely wanted to see how everything would play out, and I wanted to know this book's secrets. This is the third book I've read by Glass, and I've yet to be disappointed. This is one I'll be thinking about for some time, and I'll be on the lookout for whatever this author does next.