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Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
c2015
Physical Desc
354 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
John likes to arrive first. He enjoys standing quietly with a house before his clients arrive, and today, although he feels pinned beneath an invisible weight, he resolves to savor this solitary moment. It's one of those overhauled ranches so common to Old Cranbury these days, swollen and dressed to resemble a colonial. White, of course, with ornamental shutters and latches pretending to hold them open. A close echo of its renovated sisters on Whistle...
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
An unflinching examination of motherhood and the dark side of domesticity set against a suburban backdrop that's anything but blissful. This twisty tale invites readers to a slow motion unravelling that culminates in a devastating finale!
Author
Series
Detective Rita Myers volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When her return home to Graybridge coincides with the murder of her friend Kara, former professional ballerina Esmé Foster, haunted by a past tragedy, must shine a light into the darkness to learn what really happened in the woods the night Kara died to bring this nightmare to an end"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"A murder... . . . a tragic accident... . . . or just parents behaving badly? What's indisputable is that someone is dead. But who did what? Big Little Lies follows three women, each at a crossroads: Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She's funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and forgives no one. Her ex-husband and his yogi new wife have moved into her beloved beachside community, and their daughter is in the same kindergarten...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two rival candidates for a homeowner's association presidency are about to find out how dirty suburbanites fight in this steamy new romantic comedy from Alexa Martin. After years of hustling, Collins Carter has finally made it... back to her parents' house. Between tending to the compost with her newly retired dad and running into her high school nemesis at the only decent coffee shop in town, Collins realizes this subdivision from hell she swore...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Desperate Housewives meets The Couple Next Door in a chilling story of murder and intrigue set in a well-to-do DC suburb. Sometimes the darkest acts occur in the most beautiful houses... When Alexis and her husband Sam buy a neglected Cape Cod house in an exclusive DC suburb, they are ecstatic. Sam is on the cusp of making partner at his law firm, Alexis is pregnant with their second child, and their glamorous neighbors welcome the couple with open...
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
297 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the author of The Favor, Nora Murphy's The New Mother is a tense suspense novel that builds to a gripping game of cat-and-mouse, as well as a searing exploration of what it means to be a "good" mother..."-- Provided by publisher.
"Nothing is simple about being a new mom alone in a new house, especially when your baby is collicky. Natalie Fanning loves her son unconditionally, but being a mother was not all she wanted to be. Enter Paul, the...
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
243 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Celebrated by the Boston Globe as "a brilliant anthropologist of the suburbs," the seductively weird and darkly offbeat Lauren Acampora returns to the lush world that got us all hooked on the NPR Best Book of the Year The Wonder Garden, drawing us into the secret lives of a polished Connecticut haven and jolting us with the sparks that fly when those lives collide. Formerly a model and photographer trying to make it in New York, Louisa Rader is back...
11) Locust lane
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Can anyone be trusted? On the surface, Emerson, Massachusetts, is just like any other affluent New England suburb. But when a young woman is found dead in the nicest part of town, the powerful neighbors close ranks to keep their families safe. In this searing novel, Eden Perry's death kicks off an investigation into the three teenagers who were partying with her that night, each a suspect. Hannah, a sweet girl with an unstable history. Jack, the...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Dell
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Physical Desc
x, 341 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Doug Parker is a 29-year-old widower living in the suburbs. His bossy, pregnant twin sister, who's now living with him, urges him to begin dating again. His younger sister is planning the perfect wedding, and his mother is trying to deal with her husband who seems to be losing his mind. And then there's teenage Russ, Doug's former stepson, who's furious that Doug has left him in the care of his estranged father. Before he knows it, Doug's new life...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A charming home run of a queer holiday romance where two former classmates' plan to fake-date their way to freedom goes immediately awry-but, perhaps, exactly the way they need it to Murphy was supposed to be settling into her junior year at the University of Illinois with her best friend, Kat. Instead, she's stuck in a hellish suburban holding pattern: living with her parents, failing the same class that kept her from graduating the first time around,...
14) April storm
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
255 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A much-anticipated posthumous novel from the beloved author of Roses and Dragonfly, April Storm follows a suburban housewife who discovers she's being tracked by a private detective--and a murderer"-- Provided by publisher.
Katherine Walker enjoys an enviable life. Her husband is an accomplished doctor, her children are bright and successful, and she devotes herself to charity work that uplifts her Suburban Colorado community. Settling into a new...
15) The new neighbor
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A CIA analyst with an empty nest, a broken marriage, and nothing to lose risks her life to crack an unsolvable case in this utterly gripping thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Need to Know. 'Use the children' is a phrase picked up in a Chinese intelligence intercept, the one that convinced CIA analyst Beth Bradford to take on the case that would haunt her ever since. She will not rest until she tracks down The Neighbor, a highly...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"After suburban mother of five and former FBI profiler Andie Stern solved a mysterious murder - and unraveled a decades old conspiracy - in her New Jersey town, both her husband and the West Windsor police hope that she will set aside crime-fighting and go back to carpools, changing diapers, and lunches with her group of mom-friends, who she secretly calls The Cellulitists. But Andie can't help but get involved after the husband of Queen Bee Cellulitist...
17) Good neighbors
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Welcome to Maple Street, a picture-perfect slice of suburban Long Island, its residents bound by their children, their work, and their illusion of safety in a rapidly changing world.Arlo Wilde, a gruff has-been rock star who's got nothing to show for his fame but track marks, is always two steps behind the other dads. His wife, beautiful ex-pageant queen Gertie, feels socially ostracized and adrift. Spunky preteen Julie curses like a sailor and her...
18) Suburban hell
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Amy Foster considers herself lucky. After she left the city and moved to the suburbs, she found her place quickly with neighbors Liz, Jess, and Melissa, snarking together from the outskirts of the PTA crowd. One night during their monthly wine get-together, the crew concoct a plan for a clubhouse She Shed in Liz's backyard--a space for just them, no spouses or kids allowed. But the night after they christen the She Shed, things start to feel......
20) The Joneses
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Joneses, a seemingly perfect family, are the envy of their posh, suburban neighborhood filled with all the trappings of the upper middle class. They are the ultimate trend setters with an endless supply of high-tech toys, designer clothes, fast cars, and the latest gadgets. But as the neighbors try to keep up with the Joneses, none are prepared for the truth about this all too perfect family.