Someone We Know
From the number one bestselling author of The Couple Next Door
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4.3 • 230 Ratings
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- £5.99
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Publisher Description
'The queen of the one-sit read' Linwood Barclay
'Shari Lapena is one of the best thriller writers in the business' Steve Cavanagh
'A masterful whodunnit, perfectly paced and expertly plotted, that had me guessing all the way through' C L Taylor
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The gripping new thriller from the No. 1 bestselling author of The Couple Next Door.
It can be hard keeping secrets in a tight-knit neighbourhood.
In a tranquil, leafy suburb of ordinary streets - one where everyone is polite and friendly - an anonymous note has been left at some of the houses.
'I'm so sorry. My son has been getting into people's houses. He's broken into yours.'
Who is this boy, and what might he have uncovered? As whispers start to circulate, suspicion mounts.
And when a missing local woman is found murdered, the tension reaches breaking point. Who killed her? Who knows more than they're telling? And how far will all these very nice people go to protect their secrets?
Maybe you don't know your neighbour as well as you thought you did . . .
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Readers are obsessed with Shari Lapena:
'I was reading with my mouth open as I raced towards the final page.'
'I read it in one sitting, as I simply could not put it down.'
'An incredibly gripping read.'
'Fantastic book, from the first page I was hooked, couldn't put it down!'
'An excellent atmospheric thriller, full of intrigue and suspense.'
COMING SOON: the gripping new novel from Shari Lapena: EVERYONE HERE IS LYING. Available to pre-order now!
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
It’s neighbour against neighbour in this gloriously absorbing thriller, where closed doors conceal secrets—including illicit affairs and the identity of a murderer. When a prominent lawyer’s wife turns up dead in a suburban hamlet in New York State, two gumshoes try to crack the case—and in the process, learn that both halves of the couple were sleeping with other people. Embroiled in the drama is a teen hacker who may know more about his neighbours than he’s letting on. Shari Lapena’s zippy plot and ability to keep her characters’ true motivations just out of reach make this a fantastic whodunnit
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this slyly plotted if anemically peopled page-turner from bestseller Lapena (An Unwanted Guest), there's nary a ripple in the bucolic Hudson Valley city of Aylesford, N.Y., after lawyer Robert Pierce reports his wife, Amanda, missing; most neighbors assume Amanda simply left him. But when rumors spread that an at first unnamed teen has been breaking into homes and hacking into the occupants' computers, it's quite a different story, setting in motion a snowballing of suspicion, subterfuge, and bungled amateur sleuthing. The discovery of a car with a badly bludgeoned body inside the trunk in a nearby lake potentially creates a huge problem for 16-year-old hacker Raleigh Sharpe, whose fingerprints are all over the victim's house. He also risks being identified because of the ill-advised anonymous apology notes his mother slips under the doors of those he admits to her to have hacked. Lapena skillfully maximizes suspense with her dual story lines that eventually collide, as well as some deft misdirection. Unfortunately, most of her characters don't rise above serviceable, and the final plot twists prove as implausible as they are surprising. Still, many fans of domestic suspense will be satisfied.
Customer Reviews
Easy to read
Easy to read page turner that keeps you guessing, don’t expect anything with depth, it’s fairly simple but it works as a quick holiday read!
A bit slow
Not the usual story line of this great author. Yes it’s got a twist in the end but very slow to get there.
It won’t take long...
....to read this, as you’ll not want to put it down.
A really well plotted, cleverly written thriller about the relationships in a neighbourhood under strain of betrayal & murder.