Those People
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3.5 • 29 Ratings
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
From the author of the international bestseller Our House, a new novel of twisty domestic suspense asks, “Could you hate your neighbor enough to plot to kill him?”
Lowland Way is the suburban dream. The houses are beautiful, the neighbors get along, and the kids play together on weekends.
But when Darren and Jodie move into the house on the corner, they donʼt follow the rules. They blast music at all hours, begin an unsightly renovation, and run a used-car business from their yard. It doesn’t take long for an all-out war to start brewing.
Then, early one Saturday, a horrific death shocks the street. As police search for witnesses, accusations start flying—and everyone has something to hide.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
British author Candlish follows her well-received debut, 2018's Our House, with a cannily plotted if disappointing domestic thriller. After moving into 1 Lowland Way in South London, in-your-face auto mechanic Darren Booth and his equally pugnacious romantic partner, Jodie, create a dusty, noisy, rubble-strewn eyesore with their DIY renovation. The unrelenting stress and nocturnally blasted heavy metal music quickly take a toll up and down the street, especially on a couple who, with their six-month-old son, live on the other side of a shared wall, as well as on an elderly divorced woman dependent on B & B income to make ends meet. Tempers flare, hostilities escalate, and formerly upstanding residents start to entertain murderous fantasies. Then there's a fatal scaffolding collapse. Only it's not Booth who's killed. Though Candlish skillfully juggles multiple narrators and frequent flashbacks to maximize suspense, the book's first half, before the plot grenades detonate in earnest, may frustrate readers expecting more action. Hopefully, she'll return to form next time.
Customer Reviews
one of my favorite authors.
Noticed a few reviews on her other books about pacing but for me, it's perfect. Candlish's storytelling is very tangible. All her characters feel like real people that could exist. Every character has a unique tone aka Each chapter is titled with the current pov but honestly it feels unnecessary. I love how some answers are given and some answers are implied. By the end of all her books, there's that feeling that some of characters really learned nothing and while that can be unsatisfying, it allows me to easily imagine what happens next to said characters.