Publication Date: Aug 2021

Blurb:

Everybody wants to live on Hogarth Street, the pretty, tree-lined avenue with its white houses. The new family, The Wests, are a perfect fit. Katherine and John seem so in love and their gorgeous five-year-old twins race screeching around their beautiful emerald-green lawn.

But soon people start to notice: why don’t they join backyard barbecues? Why do they brush away offers to babysit? Why, when you knock at the door, do they shut you out, rather than inviting you in?

Every family has secrets, and on the hottest day of the year, the truth is about to come out. As a tragedy unfolds behind closed doors, the dawn chorus is split by the wail of sirens. And one by one the families who tried so hard to welcome the Wests begin to realize: Hogarth Street will never be the same again.

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What To Expect:

Readers can expect a domestic psychological thriller that takes place on a quiet street that is rattled by the sound of three gunshots, coming from the home of Katherine and John West.

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Content Warnings:

Language: Moderate with some religious exclamations (omg and Jesus Christ)

Sexual Content: Closed Door – Mild kissing, suggestive flirting

Violence: Moderate – Somewhat graphic descriptions of domestic abuse, violence against children, hostage situations, and gun violence

Substance Use: Moderate – Briefly mentions underage, alcoholic father, talk of an overdose

Prejudices: Moderate – Sexism

Religious Themes: There is small talk about pondering the existence of a maker and being abandoned, but not dwelled on.

Other Topics: Suicide

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