Raven Lane
Book Feature - Raven Lane by Amber Cowie
HBL Note: After experiencing a personal crisis (the condo below mine had an oven fire that spread through the building last week destroying most of my home and damaging all of our belongings) book plots have taken on a new meaning. Unlike in Raven Lane, no one died (we feel so lucky!) and our neighbors rallied behind us instead of turning against us. So although I’m heartbroken over all we lost, I read this book synopsis and I can’t help but think, it could be worse. Scroll down to read more about this page-turner that will help you forget all your troubles.
From the publisher:
The truth can bring out the worst in the best of friends.
Esme and Benedict Werner have an idyllic life in a tight-knit community until an accident in their cul-de-sac ends in the tragic sudden death of one of their dearest neighbors. After vindicating eyewitness accounts morph into contradictory memories, suspicion, and unaccountable accusations, Benedict is arrested. Esme’s life, too, is changed forever.
As the neighborhood largely turns against her and her family, Esme has time to think about her past and what to do next. Then her fellow residents start looking deeper, questioning one another, and themselves, about hidden lies and betrayals.
Esme has more than her share of secrets. And the consequences of what happened on that fateful late-summer evening on Raven Lane are far from over. When the mask of civility slips, can friends and neighbors recover from seeing the monstrous truths beneath?