Why a Booktrail?
2000s: It can be hard keeping secrets in a tight-knit neighbourhood.
Someone We Know
What you need to know before your trail
In a tranquil, leafy suburb of ordinary streets – one where everyone is polite and friendly – an anonymous note has been left at some of the houses.
‘I’m so sorry. My son has been getting into people’s houses. He’s broken into yours.’
Who is this boy, and what might he have uncovered? As whispers start to circulate, suspicion mounts.
And when a missing local woman is found murdered, the tension reaches breaking point. Who killed her? Who knows more than they’re telling? And how far will all these very nice people go to protect their secrets?
Travel Guide
BookTrail it over to the Catskills and Hudson Valley
The town of Aylesford is fictional. Just as well as with this lot of neighbours, you’d hardly want to live there. It’s a small community and seemingly tightly -knit. Apart from when it unravels that is. There’s a bookclub happening though so you think it’s a nice place, but what are those people getting up to when not reading?
The area the novel is set in is The Hudson Valley – some 2 hours from New York City. It’s a part of New York state that stretches along the Hudson River from Westchester County to Albany, the capital. It’s well-known for its vineyards, orchards and farms.
The Catskills
An area depicted and alluded to in the story but the settings only really support the story of weird neighbours and curtain twitching. The rural sedate landscape does make things all the more chilling however!.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Someone We Know
Destination: New York State Author/guide: Shari Lapena Departure Time: 2000s
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