Such a Quiet Place - by Megan Miranda (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

"An Agatha Christie vibe make[s] this whodunit an excellent beach read" (Library Journal). Discover secrets, scandal, and a suspected killer--all on one street in this gripping suspense from New York Times bestselling author and "master of misdirection and sudden plot twists" (Booklist), Megan Miranda.

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 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 Megan Miranda's trademark shocking twists, Such a Quiet Place is Megan Miranda's best novel yet--"A claustrophobic and suspenseful whodunit...that ponders the eternal question of how well we really know those closest to us" (BookPage, starred review).

Review Quotes

PRAISE FOR THE GIRL FROM WIDOW HILLS

"Sleepwalking is creepy. You're asleep, but you're walking through the night--like the living dead. I knew when I started The Girl from Widow Hills I was in for some shivers. But I had no idea the terrors that were in store."--R. L. STINE, bestselling author of Goosebumps and Fear Street

"A hauntingly atmospheric and gorgeously written page-turner, The Girl from Widow Hills is a deeply thought-provoking, riveting mystery about the complex weight of history and the dangerous power of the lies we tell ourselves."--KIMBERLY McCREIGHT, New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia and A Good Marriage

PRAISE FOR THE LAST HOUSE GUEST

"The perfect summer thriller . . . with a pace that made my heart race." --Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Time I Lied

"Oh boy, does she ever know how to write a twisty-turny ending (or two, or more)." --Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

"This searing small-town thriller from bestseller Miranda explores the complexities of female friendship and the picturesque fictions that money can buy. . . . Sharply drawn characters both ground and elevate the bombshell-laden plot, while evocative prose heightens tension and conjures place. Miranda delivers a clever, stylish mystery that will seize readers like a riptide."--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review)

"A lightning-fast mystery . . . that will have readers on the edge of their seats."--MARY KUBICA, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl

PRAISE for ALL THE MISSING GIRLS

"In All the Missing Girls Megan Miranda leads readers back through the past of a small southern town, enfolding them in a slow, tense nightmare of suspicion, menace, and tangled motives. A twisty, compulsive read--I loved it." -- Ruth Ware, author of IN A DARK, DARK WOOD

"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)

"At the start of this disquieting suspense novel from bestseller Miranda (The Girl from Widow Hills), longtime Hollow's Edge resident Ruby Fletcher, who was convicted of the double murder of Brandon and Fiona Truett a year and a half earlier, returns after her conviction is overturned to the tight-knit lakeside community... If Ruby isn't guilty, who is? What other secrets are the residents of Hollow's Edge hiding--and would they go so far as murder to protect them? 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

About the Author

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, The Only Survivors, and Daughter of Mine. 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.