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Someone We Know

By: Shari Lapena
Narrated by: Kirsten Potter, Robbie Daymond
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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 . . .

© Shari Lapena 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2019

Crime Thrillers Domestic Thrillers Genre Fiction Psychological Small Town & Rural Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime

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One neighbourhood, four couples, an amateur burglar and one dead body – this is a masterful whodunnit, perfectly paced and expertly plotted, that had me guessing all the way through. Like Desperate Housewives with bite. I loved it and couldn't put it down.
Shari Lapena just gets better and better.
Exactly what I love in a book: a small cast, an intricate plot worthy of Agatha Christie, with characters who stay in my mind long after the novel has finished. As for her writing – it was just perfect, as though Anne Tyler had written a thriller. No greater compliment can be given!
Shari Lapena has done it again. Someone We Know grabs you by the lapels on page one and doesn’t loosen its grip until the last sentence. Love the claustrophobic suburban neighbourhood where anything can happen behind those front doors.
I fell hook, line and sinker for this book, only surfacing back to reality after the final page. Shari Lapena is a writer at the absolute top of her game. Someone We Know was masterfully plotted, the suspense ratcheted up with agonising precision and the ending so satisfying I wanted to flip back through the pages to see how she managed it. Brilliant.
Someone We Know is a tour de force of thriller writing. Shari Lapena proves yet again that she is the mistress of the pacy plot, cliff edge tension and menacing suburban claustrophobia.
Gripping, smart and sympathetic, this is suspense at its finest.
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I could not put this book down! Lots of twists and turns. The narrator was excellent and I was enthralled. Great ending too.

Great read!

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Great narrator and a easy to listen who’s dunit ! Will look out for other by author

Easy listen

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It was a good read overall if a little predictable. There were no twists or surprises for me but I enjoyed it.

Good read

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What a brilliant writer, tells the story at a hectic pace, all utterly believable and convincing - and I didn’t see the end coming. Brilliant. Can’t wait to delve into her back catalogue.

My first Shari book but definitely not my last

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I have seriously taken to this author after reading her first 2 books. The storylinss just get better and better. So much shock and wow factor, it's fantastic! I've just 1 more in my library, "Uninvited Guest" I think it is and then the hunt is on to find everything else that's been written by Shari. I definitely HIGHLY recommend you give these books a listen starting from "The Couple Next Door."

phenomenal author

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