The House Next Door

From the acclaimed author of A NEARLY NORMAL FAMILY, a new twisted thriller exploring the dark underbelly of suburbia, and what happens behind the closed doors of a neighbourhood where everyone seems to know everything about everyone, but nothing is actually as it seems.

A breathless page-turner from an international master of suspense, this is a story about dependency, justice and the sometimes fine line between right and wrong. Three young people. Bill, a widower and single dad, is in a financial mess with bills to pay when he rents out a room in his apartment to Karla. Karla left home to study law, and to earn some money begins working as a cleaner at the palatial home of Steven and Regina Rytter. But inside their house it is clear that something is wrong with the doctor and his wife, who never leaves her bedroom. Jennica is single and career-less when she meets Steven on Tinder. But just as she thinks her luck is changing, it soon becomes clear that Steven is hiding secrets of his own . . . Two deaths. By the end of the summer, Steven and Regina Rytter will be found dead in their home and the questions will begin . . . One truth. Ordinary people will do things they never thought possible when faced with extraordinary circumstances, and the truth is that the woman inside may hold the key to it all . . .

Autorentext
M. T. Edvardsson is a writer and teacher who lives with his family in Löddeköpinge, Sweden. His break-out psychological thriller, A Nearly Normal Family, was a huge international success, which established Edvardsson as one of his country’s major suspense writers and he has written three further novels and two books for young readers.

Klappentext

How well do you ever really know your neighbours?

Micke and his wife Bianca have moved to an idyllic neighbourhood in a small town in search of a quiet life for themselves and their young children, William and Bella. But then Bianca is hit by a car outside their home, a car driven by a next-door neighbour Jacqueline.

While Bianca hovers between life and death in hospital, Micke is distraught while his neighbourhood is awash with rumours. After all accidents may happen but everyone knows that Bianca and Jacqueline didn't really get along...

From the acclaimed author of A NEARLY NORMAL FAMILY, a new twisted thriller exploring the dark underbelly of suburbia, and what happens behind the closed doors of a neighbourhood where everyone seems to know everything about everyone, but nothing is actually as it seems.

Zusammenfassung
From the acclaimed internationally bestselling author of A Nearly Normal Family comes a page-turning thriller featuring three suspects, two deaths and the truth that binds them together.