Genre: Suspense
Type: Paperback
Pages: 308
Source: Publisher
Publisher: DoubleDay Canada
First Published: August 23, 2016
First Line: "Anne can feel the acid churning in her stomach and creeping up her throat; her head is swimming."
Book Description from GoodReads: How well do you know the couple next door? Or your husband? Or even—yourself?
People are capable of almost anything. . .
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 door, a terrible crime is committed. Suspicion immediately focuses on the parents. But the truth is a much more complicated story.
Inside the curtained house, an unsettling account of what actually happened unfolds. Detective Rasbach knows that the panicked couple is hiding something. Both Anne and Marco soon discover that the other is keeping secrets, secrets they've kept for years.
What follows is the nerve-racking unraveling of a family—a chilling tale of deception, duplicity, and unfaithfulness that will keep you breathless until the final shocking twist.
My Rating: 4.5/5 stars
My Review: This book is a fast-paced, twist-filled thriller that had me repeatedly questioning the identity of the culprit. Lapena includes the points of view of a few of her characters which gives readers brief glimpses into their personalities, insecurities, fears and motivations. She then slowly unveils different aspects of these characters and the secrets they've been hiding that will cause readers to question if their earlier predictions were correct. What really happened? Who is lying? No one is as they seem and with twists sprinkled liberally throughout I was eager to find out the identity of the culprit.
The only criticisms that I'd have for this book is that some of the characters could have had more depth, some of their actions/responses were questionably believable and the ending felt a little expected (I think I was expecting one big, final twist). But overall I quite enjoyed being along for this suspenseful ride.
The Couple Next Door is a very impressive and well thought out psychological thriller. It is a highly entertaining, hard-to-put down, 'nothing-is-getting-done-until-I-know-whodunnit' kind of read. Highly recommended.
The only criticisms that I'd have for this book is that some of the characters could have had more depth, some of their actions/responses were questionably believable and the ending felt a little expected (I think I was expecting one big, final twist). But overall I quite enjoyed being along for this suspenseful ride.
The Couple Next Door is a very impressive and well thought out psychological thriller. It is a highly entertaining, hard-to-put down, 'nothing-is-getting-done-until-I-know-whodunnit' kind of read. Highly recommended.
Disclaimer: My sincere thanks to DoubleDay Canada for providing me with a complimentary paperback copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
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