I felt like this was an interesting setup: multiple points of view of 9 + local people who live in this suburb and have parts of a story from their past, and you the reader are trying to listen to their tellings and puzzle out what happened. And to have most of the book be in the 1980s but with interjections from a contemporary current point of view of the characters was an interesting setup. But I felt that each person was a little bit too vague or there really wasn't enough time spent to get to know them or what their goals or personalities were, ultimately they fell a little flat for me. I wish I would have been a little bit more engaged but this just read quickly and easily and then I was done before I really was connected to it. I was confused ultimately with the climax and the characters involved. No spoilers but I didn't really follow what was happening/ I felt like it kind of came out of nowhere. And then the actual body reveal/ information as to what had happened there felt like a total let down at the end. Other reviewers say that this was good but that they were not wowed, that the narrative pieces fit well together but this is ultimately not memorable. I like the quote that the "setting was both compelling and mundane", which I really understand.

A cul de sac mystery told by residents of a neighborhood where the body of a dead man is found in the middle of the day. Is it “Murder on the Orient Express” or “Twilight Zone”? Turn the page to find the answer.

A story of how people in a neighborhood struggle and succeed in proximity to one another. Told through remembered stories from various points of view. Crimes of all kinds are committed against one another as tensions rise on a street that is not quite what it used to be. The noir illustrations are beautiful, evocative, and sexy.