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"A thrilling novel playing on our worst fears about our neighbors" – USA Today newspaper "No one writes about suburban residents' fears like Shari Lapena. This slowly unfolding nightmare will make you bite your nails to the end" – Ruth Ware, bestselling author of The New York Times "Key Cycle" "A top-notch suspense novel… fast-paced plot, full of pleasant surprises" – The Herald magazine "A complex plot worthy of Agatha Christie" – author Marie Turguson You may not know your neighbors as well as you thought you did. "This is a very difficult letter to write. I hope you don't hate us too much… My son recently broke into your house while you were out…" In a quiet suburb surrounded by trees in northern New York, a teenager is sneaking into houses – and into the owners' computers – and looking into their secrets, and perhaps revealing some of them too. Who is he? And what did he discover? After receiving two anonymous messages, whispers begin to spread, and suspicions escalate. And when a neighbor is found murdered, the tension reaches a breaking point. Who killed her? Who knows more than they are revealing? And how far will these very kind people go to protect their secrets? In this neighborhood, it's not only husbands and wives playing the games. Here, every family member has something to hide… You really don't know what people are capable of.