''There are some things, looking back, that I now believe I deserved.'' 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... ''A perfect cocktail: precise and gritty writing, achingly and terrifyingly real characters, with a dash of mystery and darkness'' Claire Fuller, author of The Memory of Animals ''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 '' Hot Springs Drive left me absolutely gutted, devastated... This is truly brilliant, sexy and sly storytelling.'' Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies '' Hot Springs Drive has everything you could want in a book, delivered when you least expect it'' Diane Cook, author of The New Wilderness

Vorwort
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...

Autorentext
Lindsay Hunter is the author of two story collections and two novels. Her second collection, Don't Kiss Me, was named one of Amazon's 10 Best Books of the Year: Short Stories. Her latest novel, Eat Only When You're Hungry, was a finalist for the 2017 Chicago Review of Books Fiction Award and a 2017 NPR Great Read. Along with the writer Alex Higley, she co-hosts the podcast I'm a Writer But, a series that focuses on how writers with jobs and/or families get the work done. She lives in Chicago with her husband, three children, and elderly pitbull mutt.

Klappentext

'There are some things, looking back, that I now believe I deserved.'

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...

'A perfect cocktail: precise and gritty writing, achingly and terrifyingly real characters, with a dash of mystery and darkness' Claire Fuller, author of The Memory of Animals

'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

  'Hot Springs Drive left me absolutely gutted, devastated... This is truly brilliant, sexy and sly storytelling.' Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

  'Hot Springs Drive has everything you could want in a book, delivered when you least expect it' Diane Cook, author of The New Wilderness

  Zusammenfassung

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...

An unputdownable, unmissable, vicious blade of a novel that peels back the fragile veneer of two suburban families and the deadly secrets roiling between them.