Anne and Marco have a six month old baby daughter called Cora,Anne has been diagnosed with post natal depression and is suffering from anxiety because she can't lose the weight that she put on while she was pregnant,Marco has major money problems and is deeply in debt to Anne's rich parents.One night they are invited to a birthday party for their neighbour george by his stunning wife Cynthia but Cynthia insists that they don't bring Cora so Marco arranges a babysitter but an hour before the party the babysitter calls and says she can't make it.After a long argument Anne agrees to Marco`s plan that they leave Cora at home alone,take the baby monitor so they will hear her If she wakes up and check on her at regular intervals,after all they will only be next door,she will be perfectly safe,won't she?.Only some time between 12.30am when Marco does one of his checks and 1.30am when they call the police Cora is kidnapped from her cot.Has either Anne or Marco killed Cora,hidden her body and are covering up for each other or does someone know that Anne's parents are rich and love their only grand child so much that they will happily pay a large sum of money to get Cora back.
I really enjoyed reading this book,it is Very well written and packed full of twists and betrayals,some of the characters are very selfish,have no morals and only care about themselves.You get drawn into the story from the first page and I was totally gripped right through to the shocking ending.There is no padding or drawn out descriptions,the story just flows along.I especially liked the lead detective Rasbach,he and his partner Jennings have a good working relationship,there is no back stabbing team members,Rascach didn't have a drinking,gambling or marriage problems and he didn't have his superior officers breathing down his neck and pushing him to solve the case which happens far too often in crime thrillers these days.He is just a hard working detective who just wants to solve the case and find baby Cora.
This is Shari Lapanas first crime thriller and I really hope she writes some more hopefully with Detective Rasbach as one of the characters.
AUTHOR BIO
SHARI LAPENA worked as a lawyer and as an English teacher before turning to writing fiction. She has written two critically acclaimed literary novels. The Couple Next Door is her suspense debut
PUBLICATION DATE: 20th April 2017
PRINT LENGTH: 368 Pages
PUBLISHER: Corgi
GENRE: Psychological Thriller
PURCHASE LINK....
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Couple-Next-Door-unputdownable-bestseller/dp/0552173142/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3AI52NF5EPCXT&keywords=the+couple+next+door+shari+lapena&qid=1576436382&s=books&sprefix=The+couple+%2Caps%2C214&sr=1-1
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