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  • Someone We Know

  • A Novel
  • By: Shari Lapena
  • Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
  • Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (3,135 ratings)

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Someone We Know

By: Shari Lapena
Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
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Publisher's summary

An instant New York Times best seller!

USA Today's top 100 books to read while stuck at home social distancing

"No-one does suburban paranoia like Shari Lapena - this slowly unfurling nightmare will have you biting your nails until the end." (Ruth Ware, number-one New York Times best-selling author of The Woman in Cabin 10)

The new domestic suspense novel from New York Times best-selling author of The Couple Next Door, A Stranger in the House, and An Unwanted Guest, Shari Lapena

Maybe you don't know your neighbors as well as you thought you did....

"This is a very difficult letter to write. I hope you will not hate us too much.... My son broke into your home recently while you were out."

In a quiet, leafy suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into houses - and into the owners' computers as well - learning their secrets, and maybe sharing some of them, too.

Who is he, and what might he have uncovered? After two anonymous letters are received, whispers start to circulate, and suspicion mounts. And when a woman down the street is found murdered, the tension reaches the breaking point. Who killed her? Who knows more than they're telling? And how far will all these very nice people go to protect their own secrets?

In this neighborhood, it's not just the husbands and wives who play games. Here, everyone in the family has something to hide....

You never really know what people are capable of.

©2019 Shari Lapena (P)2019 Penguin Audio
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Critic reviews

"Slyly plotted...Lapena skillfully maximizes suspense with her dual story lines that eventually collide, as well as some deft misdirection...many fans of domestic suspense will be satisfied.” (Publishers Weekly)

"Poised and chilling.” (Wall Street Journal)

Someone We Know is a tour de force of thriller writing. Shari Lapena proves yet again that she is the mistress of the pacy plot, cliff edge tension and menacing suburban claustrophobia. Fans will be delighted and if you haven’t read her books yet, then why on earth not?” (Gilly Macmillan, New York Times best-selling author of The Nanny)

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who done it

the book was good very easy to listen to kept you thinking and wondering throughout each chapter I would highly recommend it for anybody who likes murder mysteries

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Soo many characters

i enjoyed this book. I had no clue about the ending but it was good nonetheless. Every time.I thought it was someone it wasnt.

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Nails it again

Shari Lapena nails it again with a gripping “who done it” thriller that has you suspicious of every character until very end.

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Riveting and tantalizing

Loved it. The characters are intriguing and the inter woven plot is substantial and allows for suspense.

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Exciting and entertaining

This is a great read. I am new to this author and was so glad I got this book. Finished it in 2 days.

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Remindes me of Desparate House Wives!! And what's up with the ending?? No closure for this book!! Narrator Very Good, Not sure if I will read another by this author, not a huge fan of this type of story and didn't really like the ending. At least this author doesn't compare their cook to Gone Girl!

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Not bad but not great

Not her best book but still good. There are alot of characters in this one making it kind of difficult at times to follow. Overall good story line. Performance is great!

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Great book!

Loved it - could hardly turn it off! Listened to it in just a few days.

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Great read

I enjoyed it had mo idea who the killer was. Look forward to listening to more of her books.

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Didn’t see that one coming!

I was totally obsessed with knowing who did it! Couldn’t stop listening from one chapter to the next! Highly recommend but be prepared to binge this one!

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