Hollow’s Edge is a private neighborhood where not everything is at it seems. There’s the rich side and the not-quite-so-rich side of town, and everyone seems to have eyes on everyone else. Within this town, Brandon and Fiona Truett are murdered (before the book begins) and Ruby Fletcher goes to prison after her neighbors testified against her at her trial. But, her conviction is overturned and now she’s back, once again sharing the home with Harper Nash, who has always been kind to Ruby, but isn’t so sure about her now. When Harper starts receiving threatening notes after Ruby comes home, she decides to start her own investigation to try to find out the truth, before she becomes the next victim.
I like Megan Miranda’s writing style, and I did enjoy this book, but I didn’t find it incredibly suspenseful or like there was a big build up to something like this genre usually promises. Some other reviewers say this really is more of a mystery than a thriller, and I agree. And I like mysteries, so I don’t mind, I just thought it was going to be more thriller-esque.
I liked Harper, whose point of view this book was told from, but the other characters were more two-dimensional and I felt like I knew what I was going to get with each of them. There were also some holes and the premise itself didn’t make a whole lot of sense once things started being explained, and it’s really not clear that Ruby would have ever been convicted in the first place, outside of the small-towns-aren’t-always-as-righteous-as-they-seem-theme, although maybe that’s why lawyers shouldn’t read books with made up trials. The ending was a let down – although I was
Thank you to Simon & Schuster for providing me with an ARC of this copy in exchange for my honest review. It has not influenced my opinion.