Block Party

Alton Road is an exclusive cul-de-sac where every household keeps up a polished front, yet the private lives behind those doors are full of tangled confidences that the outside world never sees and the neighbors themselves barely suspect. The novel opens on the evening of the street's yearly summer gathering, when a killing shakes the close-knit community. The story then rewinds a full year to trace how old resentments, rising rivalries and broken trust built toward that night.

The residents soon realize that the real threat is not a stranger but someone living just steps from their own front doors. Every neighbor has something to hide, and appearances on the street prove deceptive again and again, leaving readers to weigh who among them could have done it and why.