The People Next Door

by Tony Parsons

Pub Date: 31 Mar 2022

Review by

Emily B, Reviewer

Last updated on 25 Mar 2022

My Recommendation

 

Lana and Roman Wade move into the idyllic Oxfordshire countryside, to a residential area called the Gardens.  The neighbours provide a warm welcome to the new arrivals.  One day Lana finds trespassers in the garden taking photos and turns out the previous owners were brutally killed in a murder/suicide.  Lana finds the story difficult to believe and finds some disturbing features in the new house,.  When she starts asking questions, the neighbours and Roman start questioning her sanity.  
Then events take a nasty turn and Lana can’t even trust Roman and suspects the neighbours would do anything to keep the road so idyllic.  
A great psychological thriller but the ending didn’t quite match the first 3/4.