by Mark Edwards
Noel and Dani have just moved into a new home, and they want their first Christmas there to be exactly right. The tree goes up, the outdoor lights go on, and the neighborhood feels warm and welcoming. Then the anonymous gifts start appearing on their doorstep. Small things, wrong things. The kind that arrive without a note and leave a chill behind. Someone is watching them. They are certain of it. And the neighbors keep talking about a notorious killer held at the women's prison nearby, with an intensity that feels less like gossip and more like obsession. When tragedy hits at a Christmas party, Noel and Dani stop waiting and start asking questions. The answers, when they come, may be worse than the fear. Mark Edwards, the five-million-copy bestselling author of The Magpies and Here to Stay, returns with a festive thriller that turns fairy lights and wrapped presents into instruments of dread. The closer Noel and Dani get to the truth, the clearer it becomes that some things on this street were never meant to be found.
Genres: suspense, mystery, horror, adult-fiction, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, dread-filled, fast-paced, suspenseful, unsettling
Tropes: escalating-danger, obsessive-watcher, secrets-and-lies, unreliable-reality
Setting: suburban-neighborhood, women's-prison
Period: christmas
Hardcover
Content warnings: death, murder, violence