Shari Lapena writes domestic and psychological thrillers in which an apparently ordinary household or neighbourhood becomes unstable after a disappearance, murder or discovery of hidden behaviour. The Couple Next Door begins when a baby vanishes while her parents are at dinner in the neighbouring house, forcing police attention onto the couple's marriage, family and conflicting accounts. A Stranger in the House follows a woman found after a car crash with no clear explanation for why she fled home, while Not a Happy Family centres on three adult siblings after their wealthy parents are murdered. Everyone Here Is Lying moves through a neighbourhood after a child disappears and multiple residents prove to be withholding information. Lapena's novels are brisk, twist-heavy and built from short chapters, shifting suspicions and domestic secrets rather than elaborate procedural detail. The recurring categories are domestic thriller, psychological suspense and neighbourhood mystery. The Couple Next Door establishes the core reading experience and establishes her characteristic use of a small cast in which almost everyone has something to conceal. Read more Less
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