Leah suspects husband Cain is keeping a few secrets from her, he comes home from business meetings smelling of rose perfume but denies having an affair. And when an 18 year old turns up at the door claiming to be their daughter Leah thinks this girl is a product of his affair. But Leah has her own secrets and her past is about to confront her in tragic circumstances.
The book is set over 4 parts with differing voices, there are a few characters and I was slightly confused where the story was heading. However I did enjoy the book, a solid family thriller.
I was gifted this advanced copy from Netgalley and Bookouture with no obligation to leave my review

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✨️ e-ARC Review ✨️
On A Quiet Street
Carla Kovach
Bookature release date
January 15th, 2024

🌟🌟🌟💫 / 5


I loved Carla's Detective Gina Harte books and high expectations going into this one.

When 18 year old Charlotte shows up on Leah's doorstep, claiming she's looking for her biological parents, Leah is desperate for answers.
Does her husband have a love child?
What secrets was her mother keeping from her before she died?

Written in two parts with two points of view, this story had a great premise, and the characters were complex. Each of them brought something unique to the story and had me wondering and trying to guess who was behind everything.

Unfortunately, I struggled with this book and found it wasn't as entertaining as I'd hoped, and I couldn't connect with the characters. Especially Leah, who continually makes excuses for her husbands bad behavior . I kept hoping she would open her eyes and smarten up.

I would still recommend you to give the book a read as plenty of others enjoyed it immensely. It just didn't hit the mark for me.

Read if you enjoy secrets and deception
Gaslighting, murder and red flags.

On A Quiet Street hits the shelves January 15th

Thanks to netgally and bookstore for allowing me an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I’ve read previous books by Carla Kovach and been gripped from beginning to end - I hate giving a poor review but have to say was very disappointed with this book very slow and repetitive and for me no real depth and quite confusing at times.

I really enjoyed this! The title is identical to another release from this year so that could be confusing for some. Loved the story and couldn’t put it down. Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to read this ARC.

Sadly this book wasn’t for me. Maybe if I’d managed to read more than a quarter of it then it might have got better, but il never know.
The plot was so slow and the characters so bland, it almost felt as if the writing was lacking in intelligence. The lack of anything meant that I didn’t care an iota about the main character Leah and I struggled to keep reading it.

Very unlike me as I have loved all the Carla Kovach books I’ve previously read.
Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in return for an honest review.

Leah and Cain are a couple, but Leah thinks that Cain is having an affair. After he comes home several times late smelling of perfume. Leah also has a shock when a young woman knocks on the door claiming to be her daughter. But when she was 16 Leah had a still born baby that they buried in her estranged mothers garden. So, who is this girl, and can she really be her daughter?
I am a big fan of the authors Detective Gina Harte Harte, So I was excited to receive this standalone novel ‘The quiet street’. Unfortunately, her latest book didn’t entertain me as her others have previously. I struggled with this story. I didn’t like Leah much as a character and didn’t know why she kept making excuses for Cain. I would have left him for sure. I got confused in the 2nd half of the book with its different POV’s in each chapter that I couldn’t work out who was who until end of the story. 3 stars from me.

Thank you Bookouture and NetGalley for an early copy of On A Quiet Street. Why oh why was Leah sooooo ridiculous as a character??? Never confronting Cain AND his lies were soooooo obvious. Very long time to get into the book because of these characters But there is hope! The 2nd part of the novel was very interesting and the ending I NEVER GUESSED!!!! It was a WOW moment, if you can get through the first half, it will be worth it.

Wow , what an amazing book , full of interesting characters and twists and turns . Great twist at the end too . I love this authors books , she never lets you down writing the psychological thrillers , if anything the books get better and better . I would 100% recommend this book , 5 stars from me

I really enjoyed most of this book it kept me gripped just felt the last few chapters a little far fetched. This is the first book I have read by this author and will try more.

The book was OK and would give it 2.5 stars. I'm so conflicted with my feelings. I enjoyed parts of the book(Part 1) and some not so much(Part 3 and the ending). It just seems like everything was taken to the extreme and way over the top. Some of these people's actions were so dramatic? Why would you want to kill so many people for something that happened almost twenty years ago? Leah wasn't even going around talking about it. Plus, no one believed her, not even her own mother. She wouldn't even be able to prove it in court. The only witness is dead. So these people were just being crazy for the sake of being crazy. Did they really think they would get away with murdering so many people? They weren't masterminds and left DNA everywhere. I didn't love any of the characters. Leah went from living with a horrible mother to living with a terrible husband. I'm pretty sure every time Cain's lips were moving, he was lying.

Definitely recommend giving the book a try, it just wasn't for me. The story definitely kept me guessing because I had no idea who was behind everything or why. I love the Detective Gina Harte series. Look forward to reading more books by the author.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Bookouture through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

This story dragged, simply because it repeated the same whining and complaining from the main character who dif nothing to change or improve their situation which would have been easy enough. So frustrating.

Read as an ARC via NetGalley, thankyou!

I thoroughly enjoyed this as my first book by Carla! I’m looking forward to reading the others that have now been added to my TBR list.

The story follows Leah, a married young lady whose husband is a cheat. She has a huge secret that is about to come to light, and we get to live through the twists and turns of everything through the eyes of a few different characters.

I do think there are a *lot* of characters in this book! I kept up fine, but after taking a short break it took me a moment to remember who was who!! (Totally my fault!) this also adds to the mystery of the storyline and the life long question of “who dunnit”!

On a quiet street... life is peaceful there. Neighbors have a good relationship and there never is any tension. Is this right though?

Maybe it's a quiet street because the people who live there are masters in keeping up appearances and they keep everything behind closed doors, hiding what is really going on.

Where would you like to live? There where everybody shows their true colors or there where you don't know who you are dealing with?

Keep in mind that secrets do have a tendency to come out whether you like it or not. Someone is bound to spill the beans. Are you prepared to face the music or are you going to do whatever it takes to keep the lids on all those smelly pots?

I love this author's crime thriller series, but she can write a solid psychological thriller too. She has put me a few times on the wrong foot. Wonderful. :) 5 stars

Thank you

I’m afraid I just couldn’t finish this book. Right from the beginning, I knew straight away that it wasn’t the type of book that I enjoyed, which was such a disappointment, because I love the author!

I managed to get to about midway point before giving up, but I have to say it was a struggle, even getting that far. I have a real issue with books that center around a main protagonist who is in a relationship that they could at any point, leave and probably should and they choose not to. And so for page upon page we are left with how they don’t trust that person and how they need to get away! And yet they don’t - even though they don’t want a family with that person, see no future with them AND have a second house they could move straight into!! It’s just annoying.

Annoyance aside, the plot was very slow, and the sage twists were screamingly obvious and a bit like cluster. They’re really for me was nothing going for this book at all, and I am slightly shocked that it was written by Carla Kovak, because, as I mentioned above, she is fast, becoming one of my favourite authors of all time, because her books are so brilliant! Sadly, this one wasn’t.

Thank you to NetGalley for my advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

I enjoyed reading this novel. I will say I found the first half a little confusing and slightly unrealistic at times — almost like some pieces were missing. However, once I got to part 2 — I was hooked and could not put it down. It had my full attention and I felt like I was grasping everything going on.

On a quiet street follows the quiet happily married suburbia lives of Leah and Cain. All that comes to a crashing halt when an 18 year old Charlotte turns up seeking her biological parents.

Immediately Leah suspects Cain has a secret love child, but the tables are turned when Charlotte reveals information about Leah and she finds herself the one under the microscope.

All the characters in this book have their own plot, history and a reason for being. This is a psychological thriller with some unlikable characters that you just love to hate.

The twists at the end are unpredictable, I definitely didn’t guess where this one was going and it ended on a bang!

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the opportunity to read this book!

This was such a fantastic book full of secrets and lies I didn’t know who to trust. It had a great storyline and the characters were very well developed. It had me gripped from start to finish. I also liked the fast paced. I will definitely be recommending this. Thanks to netgallery and the publisher for my advanced copy.

WOW this book i loved it. This was my first book by Carla Kovach and holy cow what a punch! I will read more by this author.

This gives twists and turns and the building of characters was awesome. This is the way to make you really want to stick with the book. I loved the the book even the characters i didnt like.

WTG and the writing was great! Some of the parts in the book made me want to throw my phone i wanted more after i was done reading :)

Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read and review.

This book was GREAT!!! I was hooked instantly. So many secrets and lies, I had no idea what was going on!! When 18 year old Charlotte shows up at Leah's home claiming she's looking for her birth parents, Leah becomes desperate for answers! I loved all of the characters, even the ones I hated. This book was very fast paced and I read it so quickly! Highly recommend!!!

On a Quiet Street by Carla Kovach is a standalone novel from the author of the Detective Gina Harte books. As a huge fan of that series, my expectations were high for this one, though I must admit that it just didn't click for me.

Leah and her husband Cain have their quiet existence blown apart when eighteen year old Charlotte comes knocking on their door, claiming to be searching for her biological parents. Leah immediately suspects that she must be Cain's daughter, whose existence he has never mentioned. But when Charlotte reveals information about Leah, Cain's suspicious wife will have the tables turned, wondering if the secrets from her own past will threaten her comfortable life.

While this is certainly a solid read, I had a difficult time connecting with any of the characters in a meaningful way, though I suspect that I will be an outlier here. 3.5 stars

Many thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for an ARC.