Hollow’s Edge was Such a Quiet Place in this thriller by Megan Miranda. After the murder of the Truetts, the neighborhood has never been the same. When the convicted killer, Ruby Fletcher, is released from prison after only 14 months, the neighbors reinstate a crime-watch like patrol and tell Ruby’s roommate Harper Nash to send Ruby packing.
An unsuspecting Harper suddenly finds her roommate
back in her house after the latter’s conviction was overturned. But the
overturned conviction does not reduce Harper’s fear of Ruby as everything seems
to point to Ruby’s guilt. Soon Harper is receiving threatening notes, and she
becomes determined to get to the root of the murders before someone else is
killed. Things are going on in Hollow’s Edge that no one can seem to explain,
and everyone becomes a suspect.
The weaknesses in this novel included a lack of development
of its characters: one could have easily replaced another as there was nothing
differentiating them. Additionally, the convoluted timeline of the original
murders only confused the plot.
Megan Miranda has crafted suspenseful novels like The Girl
from Widow Hills and The Last House Guest, which was a pick for Reese
Witherspoon’s book club. A New Jersey native, Miranda lives in North Carolina
with her family.
My review will be posted on Goodreads starting April 20,
2021.
I would like to thank Simon & Schuster and
NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in return for an objective review.
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