Book Details:
Book Title: A QUIET KIND OF WRONG (A Novel) by Mary Frances Hill
Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 266 pages
Genre: Thriller, Domestic Thriller
Publisher: Mary Frances Hill
Release date: September 2025
Content Rating: PG-13 + M: Non explicit sex scenes; a few curse words in dialogue and conversation. No violence
Book Title: A QUIET KIND OF WRONG (A Novel) by Mary Frances Hill
Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 266 pages
Genre: Thriller, Domestic Thriller
Publisher: Mary Frances Hill
Release date: September 2025
Content Rating: PG-13 + M: Non explicit sex scenes; a few curse words in dialogue and conversation. No violence
Book Description:
One mistake. One secret. One family about to unravel.
Jane Taylor seems to have it all—a loving husband, a successful career as a children’s book author, and a picture-perfect life in Orange County. But one terrible night, she hits her neighbor’s teenage son, panics, and drives away. The police never come to arrest her.
For a year, Jane hides behind her carefully constructed suburban façade. Then a true crime podcaster revisits the unsolved case, and her son, Noah, a podcast addict, discovers the guilt-soaked letters Jane has been writing to the victim.
When Jane resolves to confess, Noah begs her for time. He’s sure the truth about that night is more complicated. Terrified of what her imprisonment would do to her family, Jane reluctantly agrees to Noah’s request. But as their search for answers pulls them deeper into the secrets of their seemingly safe neighborhood, Jane soon realizes that she’s not the only one hiding something.
Dark, twist-filled, and emotionally charged, A Quiet Kind of Wrong explores guilt, family loyalty, and how far we’ll go to protect the lives we’ve created, even when they're built on lies.
One mistake. One secret. One family about to unravel.
Jane Taylor seems to have it all—a loving husband, a successful career as a children’s book author, and a picture-perfect life in Orange County. But one terrible night, she hits her neighbor’s teenage son, panics, and drives away. The police never come to arrest her.
For a year, Jane hides behind her carefully constructed suburban façade. Then a true crime podcaster revisits the unsolved case, and her son, Noah, a podcast addict, discovers the guilt-soaked letters Jane has been writing to the victim.
When Jane resolves to confess, Noah begs her for time. He’s sure the truth about that night is more complicated. Terrified of what her imprisonment would do to her family, Jane reluctantly agrees to Noah’s request. But as their search for answers pulls them deeper into the secrets of their seemingly safe neighborhood, Jane soon realizes that she’s not the only one hiding something.
Dark, twist-filled, and emotionally charged, A Quiet Kind of Wrong explores guilt, family loyalty, and how far we’ll go to protect the lives we’ve created, even when they're built on lies.
Review: “You, Jane Taylor, ran over Grayson Pollack and killed him.”
For a year, Jane lived with the horrendous guilt and crippling silence. She kept it a secret for fear that her family would stop loving her and she’d be along in prison. The secret becomes more overbearing when Jane’s son, Noah the true crime buff, finds out and helps her keep it. It was true that revealing her crime would only destroy the lives of their family. Her husband would lose his job, the victim’s family would likely sue, and the community would ostracize and exile the family. They would lose everything. With the one-year anniversary shedding light and bringing new perspectives on the case, Jane and her son were worried now more than ever. Noah brought up a good point: perhaps Jane didn’t kill the boy after all. The mystery of the truth only urges you to read on.
This was a pretty compelling read overall. If the dead boy was a afraid of the dark, then why was he walking around in the middle of the night?
As Jane and her son investigate more into the hit-and-run, threats start flying their way. Could someone know what Jane did? Could someone in the neighborhood have seen something that night? All these were questions that we needed answers to. As we read on, we learn more and more about the grieving Pollack family.
An easy and gripping read. It takes a while to get through it and the pace was not as fast as I would’ve liked, but it does keep you invested and curious all the way. Most of the time we’re dealing with Jane’s overwhelming guilty and nerve-wracking paranoia. But finding out the truth was indeed satisfying. A nice read!
Rating: 4 stars
Mary Frances Hill was born in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The daughter of a music professor and an elementary school teacher, she obtained a master's degree in counseling psychology and worked as a therapist before raising two children. Mary currently lives in Southern California with her Russian Blue and Scottish Straight cats, her Pyredoodle puppy, her golfer husband, and her adult son and daughter. She is an avid dog walker and home renovator and loves binge-watching true crime documentaries and mysteries. She is the author of three novels: The Worm Man, The Heaven Spot, and A Quiet Kind of Wrong.
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Awesome title
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a novel I will thoroughly enjoy. Thanks for sharing.
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