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THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR

By: Tony Parsons
Narrated by: Katie Leung, Kenton Thomas
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Lana and Roman Wade
have fled the city for a little corner of paradise, exchanging their flat with its unhappy memories for a small honey-coloured house among the rolling green hills of Oxfordshire. Their new home, set in a residential Close known as The Gardens, is their dream and their new neighbours are charming.
So why is Lana feeling so uneasy?

Lana and Roman may seem like an attractive, popular couple. But they are also a couple with a secret; a secret buried in the life they have left behind, a secret they have shared with no-one.

But their new neighbours - these charming, affluent men and women in the Gardens - have secrets of their own.
Terrible secrets; unimaginable secrets that include the apparently happy family who lived - and tragically died - in Lana and Roman's new home.

As Lana struggles to adjust to her new life in Paradise, she becomes convinced that her new neighbours are hiding something from her, something connected with the deaths of the family who lived in her house before she did, something that could put her own life in danger...

The People Next Door is a psychological thriller full of twists and turns, a murder mystery wrapped in a love story, and a love story wrapped in a murder mystery. It is about the secrets we all keep - and what we will do for love.

© Tony Parsons 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Crime Thrillers Mystery Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Exciting Crime

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Critic reviews

'Had me gripped from start to finish' (Jane Fallon)
'The People next Door is an absolute triumph. I inhaled this book in just a couple of sittings. A creeping tale of hidden secrets that crackles with tension like static electricity. Full of gasp-inducing twists and a breath-taking climax. Just brilliant.' (Neil Lancaster)
'Creepy, paranoid and shocking' (Alex Michaelides)
'Twisty, insightful and completely absorbing' (Celia Walden)
'A brilliant page-turning thriller' (Piers Morgan)
'As elegant and vivid as ever' (Daily Mail)
'Builds like a Hitchcock classic' (Peterborough Telegraph)
'Everyone needs to buy and read it' (Rob Rinder)
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I’ve listened to and read many Tony Parsons novels and usually enjoyed them. I didn’t enjoy this one. For me the plot and the characterisation were both poor. The plot is a well worn one and for me none of the characters were even remotely credible. Even the Cotswold location seemed to have been confused with some sort of Floridian gated community. The location and the characters jarred throughout . It won’t put me off Tony Parsons but I’m rather puzzled as to where this one came from.

Very poor

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Normally love Tony parsons. This was nowhere near as good as usual Bring back scout

Not his usual standard

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Really disappointed with this story as I am a huge fan of Tony Parsons. Unlikeable characters and uninteresting plot, unfortunately not for me!

Disappointed in this book

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Atmosphere ruined by strange, ridiculous voices and dialects that are certainly not British or from Oxfordshire. It charges from something that sounds like American, Australian, strangely posh-sounding, a few seconds later almost Scottish, then American again. Totally confusing. Can't listen to this longer then 10 minutes. I tried it several times but it's a constant strange sound of a melting pot of dozens of strange dialects in one person. Can't get my credit back as I have already 5 books returned (but I've bought hundreds).

Can't finish it, terrible, inconsistent dialects

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Not his best but quite enjoyed the story. But found myself dreading the switch of narrators. The female narration was okay but the male was dreadful. Very difficult to listen to. Battled to the end

Male narrator very off putting

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