Hot Springs Drive

'Truly brilliant, sexy and sly storytelling' Deesha Philyaw

'Intoxicating' Claire Fuller

'Everything you could want in a book, delivered when you least expect it' Diane Cooke

'I fing loved this. Thrilling and gorgeously observed' A.E. Osworth

Today, she walks in on her husband and best friend having an affair. Tomorrow, her body is found.

Seven years ago, Theresa and Jackie meet in a maternity ward. Sleep-deprived new mothers; instant friends.

Then they become neighbours on Hot Springs Drive - a nice street in a nice neighbourhood, filled with flower boxes and emerald lawns.

The story ends like this: in the depths of a sweltering heatwave, Theresa discovers that her husband and Jackie are having an affair. The next day, Theresa's body is found.

The truth lies somewhere between the picket fences and pink blossoms, where friendships twist into tragic jealousies and barbecues hide bed hopping and bloodshed. By summer's end, the residents of Hot Springs Drive will never be the same...

An unputdownable, unmissable, vicious blade of a novel that peels back the fragile veneer of two suburban families and the deadly secrets roiling between them.

Readers are obsessed with Hot Springs Drive:

'FIVE HUNDRED STARS ... I lost my goddamn mind ... I LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH and am incapable of doing it justice without sounding like an absolute fing maniac, so I will leave it at: this is one of my favourite books of the year. READ IT'

'Incredible ... I kept making my friend take her headphones off so I could read her a line or paragraph'

'So compelling I read it in one sitting. The writing makes this such a thrilling, engrossing read - my heart was in my throat the entire time'

'I'm utterly enraptured ... I'm wowed'

'A real page-turner that keeps you guessing ... I couldn't put it down!'

'Definitely in my top ten reads of the year ... Everyone is going to love this'

'This novel is really oh so good. A compulsively readable, can't-put-it-down story that manages to be super sharp and smart. Such fascinating character studies, such subtle but piercing insight on the way our society sees mothers, such a sucker punch' *****

Left me absolutely gutted, devastated ... Truly brilliant, sexy and sly storytelling -- Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
A perfect cocktail: precise and gritty writing, achingly and terrifyingly real characters, with a dash of mystery and darkness. Intoxicating -- Claire Fuller, author of The Memory of Animals
Hot Springs Drive is a sneak attack. It has everything you could want in a book, delivered when you least expect it ... I'm in awe -- Diane Cook, author of The New Wilderness
I f**ing loved this. Thrilling and gorgeously observed -- A.E. Osworth, author of We Are Watching Eliza Bright
Poignant, luscious, brutal, gorgeous, heartbreaking and totally unique - this stunning book destroyed me, and I didn't want it to end -- Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of The Spare Room
A bold, unflinching exploration of female friendship, motherhood and desire, with an unforgettable anti-heroine as its bloody, beating heart. I've read nothing like it -- Kirstin Chen, New York Times bestselling author of Counterfeit
A haunting meditation on human desire and the monstrosity that can emerge out of ordinary hearts, on ordinary suburban streets ... I couldn't stop turning the pages -- Ashley Winstead, author of The Last Housewife
Gritty and propulsive, a true page-turner; I couldn't put this book down -- Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth and Mostly Dead Things

Lindsay Hunter is the author of two story collections and two novels. Her second collection, Don't Kiss Me, was named one of Amazon's 10 Best Books of the Year: Short Stories. Her latest novel, Eat Only When You're Hungry, was a finalist for the 2017 Chicago Review of Books Fiction Award and a 2017 NPR Great Read. Along with the writer Alex Higley, she co-hosts the podcast I'm a Writer But, a series that focuses on how writers with jobs and/or families get the work done. She lives in Chicago with her husband, three children, and elderly pitbull mutt.

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