
But when they cross the driveway for a barbecue, the potential for neighborly coziness curdles. At a meet and greet she and her husband hit it off, or think they should, with their next-door neighbors Matthew and Mira, the only other childless couple nearby. After a psychotic break sparked by the unsolved murder of a neighbor, Hen is on the mend, her bipolar disorder under control, her optimism resurgent, her career as an illustrator of dark YA books taking off.

Hen and her husband, Lloyd, have just left Boston for the tranquil burbs, and things are looking up for her.

The latest thriller from Swanson ( All the Beautiful Lies, 2018, etc.) is a twisty, fast-paced tale that depicts picket-fence suburbia's seamy, murderous underside.
