The Couple Next Door

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What to expect

***The No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller and WHSmith Book of the Year 2016***

PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF ALMOST ANYTHING.

Fast-paced and addictive, THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR announces a major new talent in thriller writing.

You never know what's happening on the other side of the wall.

Your neighbour told you that she didn't want your six-month-old daughter at the dinner party. Nothing personal, she just couldn't stand her crying.

Your husband said it would be fine. After all, you only live next door. You'll have the baby monitor and you'll take it in turns to go back every half hour.

Your daughter was sleeping when you checked on her last. But now, as you race up the stairs in your deathly quiet house, your worst fears are realized. She's gone.

You've never had to call the police before. But now they're in your home, and who knows what they'll find there.

What would you be capable of, when pushed past your limit?

Critics Review

  • Shari Lapena furnishes a clever array of motives and suspects. The tension is high and remains to the last, stunning page

    The Times
  • ‘I thought the read-it-in-one-sitting thing was a cliche. Not any more’

    Linwood Barclay
  • ‘2016’s most talked-about new thriller’

    Stylist
  • ‘Real men read women writers – because of books like this. Trust me’

    Lee Child
  • ‘A twisty, utterly riveting tale that will send readers on a wild rollercoaster ride of emotions. Shocking revelations kept me turning the pages like a madwoman’

    Tess Gerritsen

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