Deceptive
The houses in Willow Tree Court are sleek and modern--the kind designed to harbor happy families and laughing children. No one would guess the secrets that lurk beyond the neat lawns and beautiful facades.
Depraved
Molly Dennehy is trying to fit in to her new surroundings, though her neighbors are clearly loyal to her husband's ex-wife. But that's the least of Molly's worries. Her stepson's school has been rocked by a brutal slaying, and a psychopath known as the Cul-de-Sac Killer is murdering families in Seattle homes. Homes just like Molly's.
Disturbed
With each passing day, Molly grows more convinced that someone is watching her family, someone consumed with rage and vengeance. On this quiet road, a nightmare has been unleashed, and the trail of terror will lead right to her door. . .
My thoughts
The story begins with the frolicking of two teenagers in a lake. Fast forward to the present and a school councilor is murdered at the same lake. Molly Dennehy marries a man she met a few months earlier, and he comes with baggage (not that she doesn’t have any); his ex-wife and children. They live on a cul-de-sac, which make Molly nervous since there is a serial killer on the loose. Not only does she worry about the killer, she worries that her step-children don’t like her and her neighbors don’t with (they still care for the ex-wife). And then her neighbors start showing up dead.
The beginning of this novel gripped me and pulled me in, but it is one long story with so much going on, that I started not caring about the characters (some were so phony). I wanted to know the outcome and was disappointed that it didn’t succeed in answering my questions, and tied up some things just a little too nicely.
Yes, it was suspenseful and kept me reading for two days, but I was taken in by what turned out to be a run-of-the mill soap opera.
Disclosure: I received this book for review from the publisher through the goodreads.com program. I received no compensation for my thoughts.
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