The Perfect Neighborhood, Liz Alterman
The Perfect Neighborhood, Liz Alterman
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The Perfect Neighborhood

Author: Liz Alterman

Narrator: Amanda Dolan, Priya Ayyar, Hillary Huber, Laura Jennings, Gail Shalan

Unabridged: 10 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/14/2022

Synopsis

When actress and model Allison Langley leaves her former rockstar husband in the middle of the night, it’s all her Oak Hill neighbors can talk about. But the gossip comes to an abrupt halt when five-year-old Billy Barnes goes missing on his walk home from kindergarten. Billy’s mother, Rachel, blames herself for being at work and letting her only child walk alone. Cassidy, Billy’s teenage babysitter, was also late to arrive on the afternoon he disappeared and blames herself for his disappearance. As the clock ticks down, police are unable to find any trace of Billy, forcing Rachel to ponder the enemies she’s made in their well-off suburb. Could it be one of her neighbors who stole her son? Would they abduct Billy to hurt her? How easy would it be to take a child while the parents or nannies are distracted? When another child goes missing, the town is put under a microscope as the police try to get to the bottom of the disappearances. Will they be able to find the two children, or will it be too late? What secrets lie at the heart of this tragedy, and how far will one go to keep those dangerous secrets buried?

About Liz Alterman

Liz Alterman is the author of the young-adult novel He’ll Be Waiting. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, McSweeney’s, and other outlets. She lives with her husband and three sons in New Jersey, where she spends most days microwaving the same cup of coffee and looking up synonyms. When she isn't writing, she's reading.

About Amanda Dolan

Amanda Dolan is an experienced narrator and actor who received her master's degree from Brown University. In addition to narrating and acting, she works as a theater educator and musician. She is currently based in New York City.

About Priya Ayyar

Priya Ayyar is a renowned audiobook narrator and actress who received her bachelor's degree and master's degree from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She has appeared in notable television shows such as Arrested Development, Nurse Jackie, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. When not narrating, she writes and works in television in California.

About Hillary Huber

"Hillary has recorded close to 700 audiobooks spanning many genres.  She is a multiple Audie Award finalist, multiple Earphone Award winner, Voice Arts Awards winner and one of Audiofile Magazine's best voices.  Hillary has a BA in English Literature and is a voracious reader and listener.  Likes: yoga, hip hop dancing, baking sourdough, bourbon. Dislikes: liver. Raised in conservative Connecticut and hippy Hawaii, Hillary now splits her time between Santa Monica and New York.   Most of that time is in a 4x4 padded room. Er...booth. Her superpower is reciting the alphabet backwards.Created with WordToHTML.net trial."

About Laura Jennings

Laura Jennings is a professional narrator and voiceover artist with an MFA in creative writing. Her intrinsic appreciation of the techniques that comprise storytelling allows her to analyze the underlying moods and currents of a book and bring them into her interpretation of it. An avid reader, she enjoys a quiet lifestyle in the Pacific Northwest with her loving husband and aged beagle, Dottie.

About Gail Shalan

Gail Shalan is a New York City-based storyteller who holds a master's degree in acting from Bristol Old Vic Theater School. Proudly narrating audiobooks since 2013, she also narrates and produces The StoryLight Podcast. When not exploring the globe or performing, she lives in Queens with her partner and their French bulldog, Edith.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Val ⚓️ Shameless Handmaiden ⚓️ on July 15, 2022

4 Stars This book jumped out at me because it has houses on the front: and, due to a certain GR friend’s obsession with books that have houses on the front…I now find myself always noticing books with houses on the cover. So there’s that. Then I read the blurb and saw that this was about neighborhood......more

Goodreads review by Jayme on July 12, 2022

4.5 ⭐️ “GOSSIP IS LIKE OXYGEN-IT’S EVERYWHERE, SUSTAINING US” So, how could it not become breaking news that worked its way into every morning conversation when the beautiful model and actress, Allison Langley, left her rock star husband, Christopher in the middle of the night?! It was certainly more i......more

Goodreads review by Holly on May 12, 2022

Some mixed feelings on this one. I should have read the synopsis closer. I'm a bit over the missing child trope and didn't realize it was front and center to the mystery here in this Oak Hill community. The neighborhood is far from perfect and most characters were pretty unlikeable. I especially had a......more

Goodreads review by Melissa (Semi-hiatus for Work) on January 14, 2023

So this was a decent story and an intriguing mystery until the end where it just goes off into crazypants territory. In this wealthy neighborhood, a few things happen around the same time. First, Allison leaves her husband Christopher in the middle of the night. No one in the neighborhood knows where......more

Goodreads review by Darla on July 06, 2022

This is my first book by Liz Alterman and I think I have been missing out. In this suburban drama, we are given the facts be women involved in and surrounding a missing little boy. What happened to Billy? He walked away from school one day and vanished. Reading this book was a bit like watching an e......more

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