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Shari Lapena
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…
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The gripping new thriller from the #1 bestselling author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR
Welcome to Stanhope - a safe neighbourhood. A place for families.
William Wooler is a family…
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The new unputdownable thriller from the 'queen of the one sit read'. A nasty crime exposes the secrets and obsessions of a small rural community.
'I inhaled this book in…
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Another thrilling domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door
"The most addictive book I've read in…
"Simultaneously published in hardcover in Great Britain by Transworld, an imprint of Penguin Random House Ltd., London, in 2024"-- Title page verso.
"Lapena is a master of manipulation." -USA Today
Another knockout domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door
Nothing ever happens in sleepy…
The number one bestselling thriller from the 'queen of the one-sit read', multi-million-copy bestseller. Secrets start to unravel in a family-friendly neighbourhood when a local girl goes missing.
'The most…
Every family has its secrets. They have a beautiful house in the dream neighbourhood and their three adult children have always had everything they could have wished for. The family…
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Quizano conozcas tan bien a tus vecinos como creias. El nuevo y electrizantethriller de Shari Lapena, autora de La pareja de al lado.
En un tranquilo barrio residencial…
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La autora de La pareja de al lado vuelve con un nuevo y electrizante thriller. Un secreto enterrado durante una decada. Una visita inesperada y una terrible acusacion. ?Que le…
When a woman from her husband’s past shows up and raises questions about the death of his first wife, Stephanie remains loyal to her husband until a newly opened police…
Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all–a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby Cora. But one night when they are at a dinner party next…
Translation of: A stranger in the house.
Another thrilling domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door "The most addictive book I've read in ages--so slick and disquieting and clever…
"Lapena is a master of manipulation. With…
Shocking revelations kept me turning the pages like a madwoman’ TESS GERRITSENFast-paced and addictive, THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR announces a major new talent in thriller writing. THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR…
A weekend retreat at a cozy mountain lodge is supposed to be the perfect getawayEbut when the storm hits, no one is getting away in the latest thriller from the…
The electrifying new thriller from Shari Lapena, author of the bestselling novel of the year, The Couple Next Door.
"William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he's been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when…
In this family, everyone is keeping secrets - even the dead. In the quiet, wealthy enclave of Brecken Hill, an older couple is brutally murdered hours after a tense Easter…
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In a quiet suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into houses–and into the owners’ computers–and causing a stir by learning and sharing the residents’ secrets, until…
A teenager has been sneaking into houses–and into the owners’ computers as well–learning their secrets, and maybe sharing some of them, too. When a woman down the street is found…
‘The queen of the one-sit read’ Linwood Barclay The latest unputdownable bestseller from Shari Lapena, author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR and SOMEONE WE KNOW. ‘Shari Lapena is one of…
First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2016 –Title page verso.
First published in the United States of America by Dorman /Viking, animprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017 –Title page verso.
El nuevo y electrizante thriller de la autora de La pareja de al lado.
Un novela que enorgulleceria a Agatha Christie - USA Today.
Los huespedes que van llegando al…
It starts with a shocking accusation . While Stephanie struggles with the disorienting effects of sleep deprivation, there’s one thing she knows for certain - she has everything she ever…
Trapped. ********** Readers love Shari Lapena: ‘Best book I’ve read in ages’ ‘5* fast paced, twisting thriller’ ‘The pace never let up’ ‘On the edge of my seat to the…
Bruce Holsinger
A compulsively readable novel about a group of friends and parents destroyed by their own competitiveness when an exclusive school for gifted children opens in the community
El nuevo y adictivo thriller de la autora de La pareja de al lado. En esta familia todos guardan secretos… incluso los muertos.
El tranquilo y lujoso barrio de Brecken…
Jessica Eames
Inspired by the news that more people are taking home DNA tests, BAD SEED is a domestic thriller with a difference which explores the closest relationship of all: that between…
Karen Cleveland
Turn on your computer. Your task: break into a Russian criminal’s laptop and find proof that he’s concealing five deep-cover agents - seemingly normal people living in plain sight. You’re…
Becky Masterman
Can we trust the stories we tell ourselves about the past? This is the question tough ex-FBI agent Brigid Quinn must ask herself when a cold case comes close to…
Amy Stuart
Who put murder on the guest list? A page-turning, compelling thriller where secrets of past and present collide at the party of the year
Nadine Walsh is determined to make…
