I found this book in my Little Free Library. I borrowed the audiobook from the library.
Publisher: Penguin Books / Penguin Audio
Published: May 29, 2018
Summary:
In this neighborhood, danger lies close to home.
Karen and Tom Krupp are happy—they’ve got a lovely home in upstate New York, they’re practically newlyweds, and they have no kids to interrupt their comfortable life together. But one day, Tom returns home to find Karen has vanished—her car’s gone and it seems she left in a rush. She even left her purse—complete with phone and ID—behind.
There’s a knock on the door—the police are there to take Tom to the hospital where his wife has been admitted. She had a car accident, and lost control as she sped through the worst part of town.
The accident has left Karen with a concussion and a few scrapes. Still, she’s mostly okay—except that she can’t remember what she was doing or where she was when she crashed. The cops think her memory loss is highly convenient, and they suspect she was up to no good.
Karen returns home with Tom, determined to heal and move on with her life. Then she realizes something’s been moved. Something’s not quite right. Someone’s been in her house. And the police won’t stop asking questions.
Because in this house, everyone’s a stranger. Everyone has something they’d rather keep hidden. Something they might even kill to keep quiet.
My thoughts:
I found this in my Little Free Library and I snagged it! It’s one of the few books I haven’t read by Shari Lapena yet…and course I ended up doing audio (as a library borrow) when I saw that Tavia Gilbert was narrating – she was just amazing! And now I am determined to get to the rest of Lapena’s backlist before her next book comes out because I forgot how much I love her writing.
The story might seem a bit predictable but that’s what is so clever about this one – you assume you know where it’s heading but it doesn’t quite go exactly that way! This is a very quick and engaging story and I loved every second of it…highly recommend for your summer reading if you haven’t already read it.
Audio thoughts:
As I mentioned, Tavia Gilbert narrates this one and her pacing is so spot on. She even goes as far as to whisper in certain spots where it was made sense and this just made the story pop. A truly outstanding performance!
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