Alex Holloway has lived on Wisteria Lane all her life. The house she inherited from her parents is the same one she grew up in, the same one she’s maintained through long, silent years. She knows the creaks of the floorboards, the idiosyncrasies of each neighbor’s garden, and the secrets whispered in the shadow of the hedges—but she keeps most of what she knows to herself. Practical, stoic, and quietly butch, Alex is the kind of woman who fixes problems before anyone else notices they exist, who shows care through actions rather than words, and who walks through a room with the kind of understated authority that both unnerves and intrigues the women of Wisteria Lane.