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Think you know your neighbors? Think again.
When actress Allison Langley leaves her former rockstar husband in the middle of the night, her sudden departure becomes the talk of upmarket Oak Hill. But the relentless gossip comes to an abrupt halt when five-year-old Billy Barnes disappears on his walk home from kindergarten. Is there a predator lurking in the leafy suburb? Weeks later, three-year-old Amy-Pat Davies vanishes from her backyard. In addition to sharing a zip code, the missing children have another thing in common – their babysitter, Cassidy McLean, who has a secret of her own.
Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Adele Parks and Sally Hepworth.
'I couldn’t put this down' Catherine McKenzie
'Reading this book made me feel like I lived in Oak Hill, and I refused to leave until every secret was uncovered' Samantha Downing
'Super-relatable characters and nearly unbearable suspense' Sarah Warburton
'A riveting mystery that epitomises every parent's greatest fear' Rebecca Taylor
'A brilliant snapshot of the cracks in modern, seemingly privileged American suburbia' Nina Monroe
'Filled with juicy secrets and delicious twists' L. Alison Heller
Genre: Mystery
When actress Allison Langley leaves her former rockstar husband in the middle of the night, her sudden departure becomes the talk of upmarket Oak Hill. But the relentless gossip comes to an abrupt halt when five-year-old Billy Barnes disappears on his walk home from kindergarten. Is there a predator lurking in the leafy suburb? Weeks later, three-year-old Amy-Pat Davies vanishes from her backyard. In addition to sharing a zip code, the missing children have another thing in common – their babysitter, Cassidy McLean, who has a secret of her own.
Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Adele Parks and Sally Hepworth.
'I couldn’t put this down' Catherine McKenzie
'Reading this book made me feel like I lived in Oak Hill, and I refused to leave until every secret was uncovered' Samantha Downing
'Super-relatable characters and nearly unbearable suspense' Sarah Warburton
'A riveting mystery that epitomises every parent's greatest fear' Rebecca Taylor
'A brilliant snapshot of the cracks in modern, seemingly privileged American suburbia' Nina Monroe
'Filled with juicy secrets and delicious twists' L. Alison Heller
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"In theory, The Perfect Neighborhood is the ideal place to raise a family. In reality, it's disturbing and completely riveting. Inside every house is another fascinating character, another lie, another betrayal. Reading this book made me feel like I lived in Oak Hill, and I refused to leave until every secret was uncovered." - Samantha Downing
"No neighborhood is perfect, but Oak Hill has more secrets than most. When a young boy goes missing, four women's lives are sent spiralling: the babysitter who was late to pick him up, his mother, a neighbor and a woman who escaped Oak Hill only months ago. Suspicions arise, and everyone's a suspect. And then another child goes missing ... Can they figure out who is responsible before it's too late? Alterman deftly uses alternating perspectives to show us the building tensions, leading to one surprising twist after another. I couldn't put this down." - Catherine McKenzie
"In Liz Alterman's debut psychological suspense novel, The Perfect Neighborhood, everybody is gossiping, everybody is watching, but nobody saw a child disappear. I loved reading the way social paranoia took second place to fear as this picture-perfect suburban community dissolved. Alterman dives deep into the emotional secrets of the babysitter, the retired actress, the mother of the missing boy, and all those neighbors in their fairytale marriages. The combination of super-relatable characters and nearly unbearable suspense made it impossible to stop reading." - Sarah Warburton
"No neighborhood is perfect, but Oak Hill has more secrets than most. When a young boy goes missing, four women's lives are sent spiralling: the babysitter who was late to pick him up, his mother, a neighbor and a woman who escaped Oak Hill only months ago. Suspicions arise, and everyone's a suspect. And then another child goes missing ... Can they figure out who is responsible before it's too late? Alterman deftly uses alternating perspectives to show us the building tensions, leading to one surprising twist after another. I couldn't put this down." - Catherine McKenzie
"In Liz Alterman's debut psychological suspense novel, The Perfect Neighborhood, everybody is gossiping, everybody is watching, but nobody saw a child disappear. I loved reading the way social paranoia took second place to fear as this picture-perfect suburban community dissolved. Alterman dives deep into the emotional secrets of the babysitter, the retired actress, the mother of the missing boy, and all those neighbors in their fairytale marriages. The combination of super-relatable characters and nearly unbearable suspense made it impossible to stop reading." - Sarah Warburton
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