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Quiet Neighbors
Midnight Ink. Apr. 2016. 360p. ISBN 9780738747620. $24.99; ebk. ISBN 9780738747811. M
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Jemimah, better known as Jude, has fled London, returning to a small Scottish town where she had discovered Lowland Glen Books during a summer vacation with her husband. Having been abandoned by her spouse for another woman, Jude desperately seeks isolation to repair her broken heart. Lowell Glen, the owner of the bookstore and many other properties in Wigtown, offers Jude a job cataloging and organizing the shop, as well as a house, the tiny grave digger's cottage near the old-town cemetery. Jude is easily drawn into village life, although residents ask few questions. When Lowell's purported daughter turns up pregnant, things begin to unravel, causing Jude's secrets and the shopkeeper's past to collide.
VERDICT McPherson is a master of slightly creepy narratives that are complex and character driven (Agatha Award-nominated The Child Garden). Her latest stand-alone is atmospheric and suspenseful and will intrigue Erin Hart readers.
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