![]() ![]() A debut novel which I would recommend if you are looking for a thriller worth your money. Anne drinks as she watches her neighbor Cynthia Stillwell flirt with Marco. Anne and Marco bring their baby monitor with them and alternate checking on baby Cora every half hour. Not the best of the narration I have ever read or the plot construction but if a book is a page-turner, it does its job fairly well as a thriller. The novel begins with Anne and Marco Conti attending a dinner party at their next-door neighbors’ house. I confess that when I read thrillers, I tend to start guessing the twists but this book kept me glued to the couch and I put it down only after finishing it. Although it is an amazing suspense book, I feel there was something amiss in the plot as it felt feigned. It is a fast-paced book with suspense revealing a lot of secrets regularly to keep the reader intrigued. The extent of the deception and swindling churned me to the core. ![]() ![]() I tend to believe that they are developed in a way for a reader to hate them. I understand that all the characters are not supposed to be likeable by the reader but I was mad at most of them. It all starts after a dinner party next door when Marco and Anne leave their daughter, a six-month-old baby sleeping a crib to attend the party only to find her missing on their return. Written by a local author, Shari Lapena, The Couple Next Door is her suspense debut. When I decided to read this book from my backlist titles, all I knew was I had been preparing myself for a wild ride of betrayal, lies and crime. ![]()
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