In an elite suburb of New York City, girls are dying. That doesn’t happen in Greenvale, with its immaculate lawns, exclusive yacht clubs and multi-million dollar mansions. But behind its perfect façade, its trimmed hedges and luxury cars, a darkness lies. Girls, dependent on Adderall, outmaneuver each other to get into top colleges, while the mothers’ need to live vicariously only makes it worse.… worse.
Bella DeFranco is one of the Bronx’s top SVU detectives. At only 37, she disarms everyone with her stunning good looks, yet she is as tough as most men—and a lot smarter, too. Yet when is summoned to Greenvale, she finds herself getting lost in a case that even she can’t comprehend. She stumbles into a land of secrets, a place where husbands hide their pasts from their wives, where friends are not what they seem, and where no one wants to know too much. As she digs deeper into layers of suburban dysfunction, she comes to learn that, behind all the fake smiles, there is a subtle violence–rivaling even her crime-ridden streets of the Bronx.
With a killer on the loose, time running out, and a new partner who never recovered from his washed-up alcoholic days, the odds are stacked against Bella. She is determined, though, to save these girls, whatever the cost. Yet as she gets close, the depth of psychosis she discovers shocks even her….
THE LOST GIRLS (BOOK #2 IN THE SUBURBAN MURDER SERIES) is now available!
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This mystery kept guessing and reading to the last page. A very good book.
Part of a series that is both interesting and thought provoking; I can’t wait until the 4th book in the series!
This book was eye opening. I expect it was based on real life and raised my anxiety. Fairly well written and kept my interest throughout.
They don’t get any BETTER THAN THIS!!! HARD TO PUT DOWN!!!! CHARACTERS ARE AWESOME . MAIN CHARACTER BELLA DE FRANKO WOW!!!!!
I enjoyed reading it
Very good book, good for entertaining reading.
Kept me turning pages…
A really good first book. Details helped the story come to life.
Very easy to follow the characters. I liked the characters ( police).
New author for me, I am on the third book of 3 book series. I love the main characters and look forward to reading more of this author.
Awesome
Fantastic book. It made me happy, sad, breathless, and kept me coming back for more. I definitely want to read more from this author.
Couldn’t put it down until I finished it.
Good plot
Gripping read! Couldn’t put it down for one second. And the writer is so good, you can actually feel those people’s pain, what they had to live through. I was mesmerized!
It was an exceptional book, a real page turner.
Could not put it down, one of the best books I have read.
Her first book was better.
This one keeps you turning pages!
Tedious and predictable.