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An unputdownable, dark and pulse-pounding page-turner that peels back the fragile veneer of two suburban families - next-door neighbours and best friends - and the secrets between them. By the end of the summer, the residents of Hot Springs Drive will never be the same again...

Today, she walks in on her husband and best friend having an affair. Tomorrow, her body is found.

Seven years ago, Theresa and Jackie meet in a maternity ward. Sleep-deprived new mothers; instant friends.

Then they become neighbours on Hot Springs Drive - a nice street in a nice neighbourhood, filled with flower boxes and emerald lawns.

The story ends like this: in the depths of a sweltering heatwave, Theresa discovers that her husband and Jackie are having an affair. The next day, Theresa's body is found.

The truth lies somewhere between the picket fences and pink blossoms, where friendships twist into tragic jealousies and barbecues hide bed hopping and bloodshed. By summer's end, the residents of Hot Springs Drive will never be the same...

(P) 2023 Little Brown Book Group Limited for and on behalf of Dialogue Books

Critics Review

Left me absolutely gutted, devastated ... Truly brilliant, sexy and sly storytelling
Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
A perfect cocktail: precise and gritty writing, achingly and terrifyingly real characters, with a dash of mystery and darkness. Intoxicating
Claire Fuller, author of The Memory of Animals
Hot Springs Drive is a sneak attack. It has everything you could want in a book, delivered when you least expect it ... I'm in awe
Diane Cook, author of The New Wilderness
I f**ing loved this. Thrilling and gorgeously observed
A.E. Osworth, author of We Are Watching Eliza Bright
Poignant, luscious, brutal, gorgeous, heartbreaking and totally unique - this stunning book destroyed me, and I didn't want it to end
Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of The Spare Room
A bold, unflinching exploration of female friendship, motherhood and desire, with an unforgettable anti-heroine as its bloody, beating heart. I've read nothing like it
Kirstin Chen, New York Times bestselling author of Counterfeit
A haunting meditation on human desire and the monstrosity that can emerge out of ordinary hearts, on ordinary suburban streets ... I couldn't stop turning the pages
Ashley Winstead, author of The Last Housewife
Gritty and propulsive, a true page-turner; I couldn't put this book down
Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth and Mostly Dead Things
Author Lindsay Hunter
Narrator Emily Ellet
Duration 8 hours and 52 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9780349130729
Format x-book®
Publisher John Murray Press
Genre Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Thriller / suspense fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE

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