Today I’m taking part in the blog tour for The People Next Door. My review is written with thanks to Zoe O’Farrell for inviting me on the tour and to the publisher for my copy of the book.

Blurb:

How well do you really know your neighbors?

Jen Silver has just moved to an affluent suburb in Pennsylvania with her partner, Dan, and their daughter. It’s a picture-perfect neighborhood where residents hang out on each other’s patios sipping margaritas on warm summer nights. Jen and her family blend effortlessly into the close-knit community.

But Jen isn’t who they think she is.

Twenty years ago, Jen’s sister vanished without a trace. She’s spent her life chasing the truth — and she didn’t choose this community for its safety or its excellent schools.

Jen moved here for answers.

She knows the truth is here but as Jen pieces together the events of twenty years ago, someone is determined to keep the facts from coming to light.

But secrets never stay hidden forever. And the most dangerous truths lie close to home . . .

This tense psychological suspense novel packed full of family secrets is perfect for fans of Claire Douglas, Dandy Smith, A. R. Torres and Liane Moriarty.

Review:

I was intrigued to read The People Next Door from the blurb, and for a psychological thriller fan like me, it ticks a lot of boxes. The novel is fast paced with characters who are unreliable and hiding secrets, and there are a few twists and turns as the lives of the central characters unravel. There was so much tension that I just had to find the answers!

The novel moves between the past and present, and there are quite a few different narrators, all of whom have a different relationship to Lynette, Jen’s missing sister. This allows us to examine the story from all the different angles and it really made me think carefully about who was lying and what really happened. There are so many characters that occasionally it was hard to keep track of them and I did have to go back a few pages, but they are all well developed and although none of them are particularly likeable, it is easy to see why they behave in the way they do.

There are a lot of layers to The People Next Door and I really liked the busy feel of the novel, that there was so much going on. Kate Braithwaite has plotted this really well, with different parts of the story coming to light at just the right times to keep me on my toes and engaged until the end.

The People Next Door is available from Amazon.

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