Which is another reason Anne has come to dislike Cynthia, who was once a good friend-Cynthia is not baby-friendly.
It was to be an adult evening, for Graham’s birthday. So what if the sitter canceled? They should have brought Cora with them, put her in her portable playpen. Who goes to a dinner party next door and leaves her baby alone in the house? What kind of mother does such a thing? She feels the familiar agony set Suddenly she has doubts, feels the wrongness of it all. The video screen is smashed-she’d dropped it a couple of days ago and Marco hadn’t gotten around to replacing it yet-but the audio is still working. She glances at the baby monitor sitting at the end of the table, its small red light glowing like the tip of a cigarette. Cynthia and Marco had come back in from the patio a few minutes ago, and Anne desperately wants to leave, even if everyone else is still having fun. Why he married a tart like Cynthia is a mystery. Graham, a WASP like herself, is impeccably polite. So for reasons of propriety, she had stayed. But she hadn’t, because Graham didn’t like to be around cigarette smoke, and it would have been rude, or at least inconsiderate, to leave Graham there all alone at his own dinner party. She should have gone out to the backyard with them there might have been a breeze. Then he’d gone out for a cigarette on the back patio with Cynthia, while Anne and Graham sat rather awkwardly at the littered dining table, making stilted conversation. Marco had gone to check on her at twelve thirty. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Īnne reaches clumsily for her cell phone on the dining table and checks the time.
What follows is the nerve-racking unraveling of a family-a chilling tale of deception, duplicityand unfaithfulness that will keep you breathless until the final shocking twist. Both Anne and Marco soon discover that the other is keeping secrets, secrets they've kept for years. Detective Rasbach knows that the panicked couple is hiding something. Inside the curtained house, an unsettling account of what actually happened unfolds. But the truth is a much more complicated story. Suspicion immediately focuses on the parents. But one night when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. How well do you know the couple next door? Or your husband? Or even-yourself?Īnne and Marco Conti seem to have it all-a loving relationship, a wonderful home and their beautiful baby, Cora.
The Couple Next Door lingers long after you turn the final page." -Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fool Me OnceĪ domestic suspense debut about a young couple and their apparently friendly neighbors-a twisty, rollercoaster ride of lies, betrayal and the secrets between husbands and wives. . . . Look out for Shari Lapena's next thriller, A Stranger in the House, coming August 2017. An instant New York Times and Globe and Mail bestseller.
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