The Perfect Neighborhood by Liz Alterman

Summary

We have the perfect couple, the Langley’s, living in the perfect small-town neighborhood. Allison is a successful actress and Christopher is a musician rock star. But is everything perfect like the neighbors think? Apparently not, because someone spots Allison leaving her house in the dead of the night, and disappears forever. And thus the gossip begins.

But then something out of the ordinary happens in the small town. A kindergarten boy goes missing on his way home from school with no trace of where he might be. Everyone initially blames the young babysitter who was late to receive the kid but the local police find no evidence for days and the case comes to a deadlock.

And then a second kid goes missing while the same babysitter is minding her siblings in another house. Is the babysitter responsible or is there some other dark secret brooding in the quiet neighborhood?

My Review

A fine domestic mystery underlining deep-seated problems in families.  Let me be honest and tell you that the mystery was not so much a mystery to me because I did guess the mischief-maker quite early in the story. And yet it is a very interesting, fast-paced one-time read for me.

I even liked the way the book was formatted with dated narratives from Allison Langley, the kid’s mothers Rachel and Sarah, and Cassidy the babysitter. Simple and yet not so simple.

Who Should Read This

I recommend this to domestic mystery lovers. Curl up to this one with a coffee mug, and a blankie on a rainy night and you’ll thank me for it.