She Didn't See It Coming
The twisty, addictive new globally bestselling thriller from the multi-million-copy-selling author of Everyone Here is Lying
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4.2 • 79 Ratings
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Publisher Description
She didn’t see it coming . . . And neither will you. The gripping new psychological thriller and INSTANT BESTSELLER from the No.1 Sunday Times & New York Times bestselling author.
‘Lapena’s books are addictive!’ FREIDA McFADDEN, No.1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid.
'Fiendishly plotted with whiplash twists and turns' LUCY FOLEY, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Guest List.
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Bryden and Sam have it all - thriving careers, a smart apartment in a luxury condo, supportive friends and a cherished daughter. The perfect life for the perfect couple.
Then Sam receives a call at his office. Bryden – working from home that day - has failed to collect their daughter from daycare.
Arriving home with their little girl, he finds his wife’s car in the underground garage. Upstairs in their apartment her laptop is open on the table, her phone nearby, her keys in their usual place in the hall.
Except Bryden is nowhere to be seen. It’s as if she just walked out.
How can she have disappeared from her own home? And did she even leave the building at all?
With every minute that passes – and as questions swirl around their community – Bryden and Sam’s past seems a little less perfect, their luxury condo less safe, their friends, neighbours and relatives no longer quite so reliable . . .
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‘I absolutely raced through it . . . a pacy and hugely satisfying thriller. Highly recommended’ KARIN SLAUGHTER
'The queen of page-turners' ANDREA MARA, bestselling author of No One Saw a Thing
'I loved this book... Shari's characters are so brilliantly drawn that I did not guess whodunnit!' LIZ NUGENT, bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond
Shari Lapena, No.1 Sunday Times bestseller, April 2024
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A woman with a seemingly idyllic life in the suburbs of Albany, N.Y., is brutally murdered in Lapena's solid latest (after What Have You Done?). When Bryden Frost fails to pick up her daughter from day care, her friends and family start to panic. After the police find nothing missing from her condo, they send a K9 unit to search the entire complex. Soon, they discover Bryden's dead body encased in a plastic bag and stuffed inside a suitcase in one of the building's storage lockers. Over the next week, the police—led by detective Jayne Salter—question several suspects, each with their own secrets. There's Bryden's neighbor, who's warding off accusations of assault; her sister, who's been jealous of Bryden since birth; her best friend, who's become a little too entangled in Bryden's home life; and her husband, who's prone to violent outbursts and acting visibly nervous. Lapena lays out the puzzle with a sure hand, and ties everything together in a satisfactory conclusion. This gets the job done. Agents: Felicity Blunt and Rose Pierce, Curtis Brown U.K.
Customer Reviews
Just Great!
Thoroughly enjoyed this twisty character-driven thriller. Kept me guessing. Looking forward to reading more from this author.
Complete Drivel!
Thank goodness I bought this book on sale. I would have stopped reading it, but once I start a novel, I feel compelled to finish it unless descriptions of animal cruelty are involved. This was drawn out garbage. Poorly researched and badly written with nauseatingly boring characters lacking any personality whatsoever. The only action of cruelty here was the cruelty I bestowed upon myself. First and last book by this author for me.