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Seraphina Nova Glass
On a Quiet Street
Synopsis
Brighton Hills looks like the safest place on the Oregon coast: big houses under the firs, lawns running down to the lake. Paige has not recovered from the hit-and-run that killed her son, and she has begun watching her neighbours, convinced his death was no accident.
Cora believes her husband Finn is unfaithful and wants proof. Their two obsessions converge, while across the street Georgia — a young mother who never leaves her house — grows stranger by the day, her husband insisting she is unwell.
Told in alternating chapters from all three women, On a Quiet Street is a domestic thriller about surveillance, grief, and how much a neighbourhood will not see. It was nominated for an Edgar Award.
Genres
Characters
Paige (On a Quiet Street)Protagonist
One of three women on the same suburban street whose accounts drive the novel.
Cora (On a Quiet Street)Protagonist
One of the three narrators on the street.
Georgia (On a Quiet Street)Protagonist
The third narrator, whose son died the year before the novel opens.
Frequently asked questions
Did this book receive any literary recognition?
The novel was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original in 2023.
