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The Couple Next Door

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PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF ALMOST ANYTHING.

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?

'Meticulously crafted and razor-sharp. THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR lingers long after you turn the final page' HARLAN COBEN

© Shari Lapena 2016 (P) Penguin Audio 2016

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
Entirely compelling, utterly realistic and told in a wonderfully effective spare narrative. You will not see the twists coming
Daily Mail
Provocative and shocking. One crime, an entire neighborhood of suspects, secrets and lies. How well do we ever know those around us? The Couple Next Door will keep you glued to the pages in search of the answer. Even then, you'll never guess the truth...until it's too late
Lisa Gardner
A gripping page-turner
Bella
A treat of a thriller that careers along at breakneck page
Good Housekeeping's Good Reads
The Couple Next Doors hits all those thriller sweet spots, with its characters acting in the worst ways possible and a plot that speeds through to a hell of a climax....you can’t not read it this summer.
Stylist
Author Shari Lapena
Narrator Kirsten Potter
Duration 8 hours and 40 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473541672
Format Audiobook
Publisher Transworld
Genre Crime and mystery: police procedural, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Psychological thriller
Collections Fright Move
Availability AU, GB, IE

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