The Girls in the Garden

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3.7

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Lisa Jewell

One of People's, Glamour's, and Buzzfeed's Best Reads of Summer, from the New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone "Jewell expertly builds suspense by piling up domestic misunderstandings and more plot twists than an SVU episode. It's a page-turner for readers who like beach reads on the dark side." --People "Faithful to the thriller genre, Jewell makes liberal use of red herrings and plot twists... The answer to the whodunit is a sly--and satisfying--surprise." --The New York Times "Full of suspense yet emotionally grounded...Fans of Liane Moriarty, Paula Hawkins, and Carla Buckley will adore this peek inside a gated community that truly takes care of its own, no matter the consequences." --Booklist (starred review) Imagine that you live on a picturesque communal garden square, an oasis in urban London where your children run free, in and out of other people's houses. You've known your neighbors for years and you trust them. Implicitly. You think your children are safe. But are they really? On a midsummer night, as a festive neighborhood party is taking place, preteen Pip discovers her thirteen-year-old sister Grace lying unconscious and bloody in a hidden corner of a lush rose garden. What really happened to her? And who is responsible?

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Author

Lisa Jewell

Pages

313

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

2017-04-04

ISBN

1476792224 9781476792224

Ratings

Google: 4

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"I was never bored, but I was never fully engaged! I was never thinking it was unrealistic, but also wasn’t sure the point in the end. I cannot seem to get on board with this author, but I never shut her out either! "

Jenny Pinkston

"I found myself only finishing this book to finish it. The climax wasn’t very climactic."

Joyce Santos

"I’m giving this a 4 only because it had me hooked and I finished it in a day. The ending was sort of balls but it made sense to me. (Spoiler ahead) This suburb setting along with the people as well play a huge roll in why things happened and handled the way they did. They already had a record of having injustices among tragedies but the bigger fact that it was a rumor for decades that someone still living in the neighborhood murdered someone. It was no surprise at the very end the parents literally find trickled evidence carelessly disposed in various places. This is briefly mentioned in the end of the book but it sticks out to me that the parents weren’t going to stick up for another persons daughter if it meant their own. Which was a huge theme anyways and how these people in the end stuck to their own and thats how it ended best rather than how they were all tangled in each other."

Alyssa Jost

"Terrible ending"

Erika Shay

"page turner!!! couldn't put it down! "

Julie Thomas

"The ending was a bit lackluster. Overall though a good read. A page turner for sure!! Would recommend. "

Kimberly Belben

"Not bad, not great. The writing is above par and the characters held my interest. But it's predictable - "Look at our sweet community! Look at our children, immune to the world's evils!" Oh, those shocking tweens."

tinyhouse bigreads

"we have all heard the phrase “boys will be boys,” but what about “girls will be girls?” Psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the end. A beautiful slow burn. "