The Couple Next Door

The phenomenal bestseller. The overall bestselling novel of 2017, with almost 700,000 copies sold in print alone.'Meticulously crafted and razor-sharp. THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR lingers long after you turn the final page' HARLAN COBENThe fast-paced, addictive No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller. Over one million copies sold.PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF ALMOST ANYTHING.You never know what's happening on the other side of the wall.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. After all, you only live next door. You'll have the baby monitor and you'll take it in turns to go back every half hour.Your daughter was sleeping when you checked on her last. But now, as you race up the stairs in your deathly quiet house, your worst fears are realized. She's gone.You've never had to call the police before. But now they're in your home, and who knows what they'll find there.What would you be capable of, when pushed past your limit?

Winner of WH Smith Book of the Year 2016

“A gripping page-turner”

Shari Lapena furnishes a clever array of motives and suspects. The tension is high and remains to the last, stunning page The Times
'I thought the read-it-in-one-sitting thing was a cliche. Not any more' Linwood Barclay
‘2016’s most talked-about new thriller’ Stylist
‘Real men read women writers - because of books like this. Trust me' Lee Child
‘A twisty, utterly riveting tale that will send readers on a wild rollercoaster ride of emotions. Shocking revelations kept me turning the pages like a madwoman’ Tess Gerritsen
Entirely compelling, utterly realistic and told in a wonderfully effective spare narrative. You will not see the twists coming Daily Mail
Provocative and shocking. One crime, an entire neighborhood of suspects, secrets and lies. How well do we ever know those around us? The Couple Next Door will keep you glued to the pages in search of the answer. Even then, you'll never guess the truth...until it's too late Lisa Gardner
Bella
A treat of a thriller that careers along at breakneck page Good Housekeeping's Good Reads
The Couple Next Doors hits all those thriller sweet spots, with its characters acting in the worst ways possible and a plot that speeds through to a hell of a climax....you can’t not read it this summer. Stylist

Shari Lapena is the internationally bestselling author of the thrillers The Couple Next Door, A Stranger in the House, An Unwanted Guest, Someone We Know, The End of Her, Not a Happy Family and Everyone Here is Lying which have all been Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers. Her books have been sold in forty territories around the world. She lives in Toronto.Facebook- ShariLapenaTwitter- @sharilapenaInstagram- sharilapena

You never know what's happening on the other side of the wall. 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. After all, you only live next door. You'll have the baby monitor and you'll take it in turns to go back every half-hour. Your daughter was sleeping when you checked on her last. But now, as you race up the stairs in your deathly quiet house, your worst fears are realized. She's gone. You've never had to call the police before. But now they're in your home, and who knows what they'll find there. What would you be capable of, when pushed past your limit?

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