The Killer Next Door
Books | Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
3.8
Alex Marwood
“The Killer Next Door is even better [than The Wicked Girls]. Scary as hell. Great characters.” —Stephen KingWinner of the Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel and nominated for the Anthony Award for Best Paperback OriginalEveryone who lives at 23 Beulah Grove has a secret. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be renting rooms in a sketchy South London building for cash—no credit check, no lease. It’s the kind of place you end up when you you’ve run out of other options. The six residents mostly keep to themselves, but one unbearably hot summer night, a terrible accident pushes them into an uneasy alliance. What they don’t know is that one of them is a killer. He’s already chosen his next victim, and he’ll do anything to protect his secret.Alex Marwood’s debut novel The Wicked Girls earned her lavish praise from the likes of Elizabeth Haynes, Laura Lippman, and Erin Kelly and received the Edgar Award. Now, Marwood’s back with a brilliant, tightly paced thriller that will keep you up at night and make you ask yourself: just how well do you know your neighbors?“Taut, assured and reminiscent of Ruth Rendell's psychological novels, Marwood's second book more than lives up to the promise shown in her splendid debut, The Wicked Girls.” —The Guardian
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Author
Alex Marwood
Pages
400
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2014-10-28
ISBN
0698177827 9780698177826
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"You know one of the men in this house is a murderer, but you don't know which one. The tension builds as you get to know the characters. Once you know who the killer is, you hold your breath every time he gets near the women...or any woman. <br/><br/>Then the accident happens. No, not that accident. No, not that one either. You'll know when you get to the one that changes all their lives. Do they make the right choices? You decide.<br/><br/>I was caught off-guard by the choice Collette made at the end. It was perfect, just unexpected. And the final wrap-up left me smiling. Sometimes horrible events can end up to the good.<br/><br/>Really enjoyed this one."
