Vince and Kate are new to the tree-lined suburbia of Tabbett Drive. Fresh from the inner city, they have struggled to eventually make it to the 'burbs'. With detached houses, gardens both front and back and quiet neighbours, Vince and Kate are happy to have attained access to this middle-class paradise. They've even found the neighbours to be remarkably friendly and not at all standoffish as they were lead to expect. Jill and Dennis Seagrave seem particularly affable with his skill at tasteful topiary, and her envious attractiveness. However, perhaps all is not what it seems as Kate begins to detect something amiss to the Seagraves. Can it be that beneath the facade of this perfect suburban calm lies secrets as dangerous as any inner city? Is everything, is anything, as it seems?

Author Biography

Bill James is best known for his Harpur & Iles police procedural novels, which have enjoyed tremendous critical and popular acclaim.