Someone We Know: A Novel
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
"Poised and chilling." --Wall Street Journal "No-one does suburban paranoia like Shari Lapena--this slowly unfurling nightmare will have you biting your nails until the end." --Ruth Ware
Another thrilling domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and Not a Happy Family
Maybe you don't know your neighbors as well as you thought you did . . . "This is a very difficult letter to write. I hope you will not hate us too much. . . My son broke into your home recently while you were out." In a quiet, leafy suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into houses--and into the owners' computers as well--learning their secrets, and maybe sharing some of them, too. Who is he, and what might he have uncovered? After two anonymous letters are received, whispers start to circulate, and suspicion mounts. And when a woman down the street is found murdered, the tension reaches the 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 own secrets? In this neighborhood, it's not just the husbands and wives who play games. Here, everyone in the family has something to hide . . . You never really know what people are capable of.
"Poised and chilling." --Wall Street Journal "No-one does suburban paranoia like Shari Lapena--this slowly unfurling nightmare will have you biting your nails until the end." --Ruth Ware
Another thrilling domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and Not a Happy Family
Maybe you don't know your neighbors as well as you thought you did . . . "This is a very difficult letter to write. I hope you will not hate us too much. . . My son broke into your home recently while you were out." In a quiet, leafy suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into houses--and into the owners' computers as well--learning their secrets, and maybe sharing some of them, too. Who is he, and what might he have uncovered? After two anonymous letters are received, whispers start to circulate, and suspicion mounts. And when a woman down the street is found murdered, the tension reaches the 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 own secrets? In this neighborhood, it's not just the husbands and wives who play games. Here, everyone in the family has something to hide . . . You never really know what people are capable of.
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Community Reviews
Miss Sheri Lapena KNOWS how to reel you in! the prologue pulled me in from the first sentence. She wasted not time. This was my second murder mystery and I'm becoming a FAN. It's plot twist after plot twist with this one. And the ending... * tucks hair behind ear*
I'm still reeling at what happened at the end!
This book is a huge guessing game of your most inner circle. You *really* do not know what happens behind closed doors and this book does an amazing job on keeping you on your toes.
The twist and murderer at the end was a tad predictable but only after you started eliminating characters!
This book is a huge guessing game of your most inner circle. You *really* do not know what happens behind closed doors and this book does an amazing job on keeping you on your toes.
The twist and murderer at the end was a tad predictable but only after you started eliminating characters!
Shari Lapena is the queen of family thrillers. Someone We Know felt like a mix of a drama and thriller. Readers are kept engaged with the drama of the neighborhood after their secrets pour out, and running through the suspects of the murder. But, just as a theory is developed, a suspect identified, new information is unveiled that will throw you off the path.
First book I’ve given five stars to in a while! Shari lapena is beyond awesome at writing! Unputdownable yet again! Hurry up and release your next master piece! If I ever write half as exciting books as you I’m gonna be a winner! If you like thrillers get yourself a copy like yesterday!!!
This is my favorite book by Shari Lapena.
More than halfway through the book and I was convinced I knew how it would end and who the culprit was, but I couldn't have been more wrong.
Such a good read.
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