‘Terrific and hugely thought-provoking’ Ian Rankin ‘One of my ten best reads of the year. Easy five stars’ Lisa Jewell * Waterstones Thriller of the Month – August 2023 * * * * You can choose your house. Not your neighbours. WELCOME TO YOUR DREAM HOME . . .Salma Khatun is extremely hopeful about Blenheim, the safe suburban development to which she, her husband and their son have just moved. Their family needs a fresh start, and Blenheim feels like the right place.MEET YOUR NEW NEIGHBOURS . . .Shortly after they move in, Salma spots her neighbour, Tom Hutton, ripping out the anti-racist banner in their front garden. Choosing not to confront Tom, Salma takes the banner inside and puts it in her window. But the next morning she wakes up to find her window smeared with paint.AND PREPARE FOR THE NIGHTMARE TO BEGIN . . .This time she does confront Tom, and the battle lines between the two families are drawn. As things begin to escalate and the stakes become higher, it's clear that a reckoning is coming… And someone is going to get hurt. A gripping thriller about nightmare neighbours, Those People Next Door explores the loss of innocence and how far we’d go to defend ourselves and the people we love. * * * Readers are GRIPPED by Those People Next Door ‘Impossible to put down’ Reader review, ★★★★★‘An incredibility evocative, intense, and impactful book’ Reader review, ★★★★★‘A powerfully impactful and thought-provoking thriller’ Reader review, ★★★★★‘Kia Abdullah smashed all my expectations with this relentlessly gripping thriller that held me in its thrall from first page to last’ Reader review, ★★★★★

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-01-19
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780008433703
Förlag:HarperCollins Publishers

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Kia Abdullah is a bestselling author and travel writer. Her novels include Take It Back, a Guardian and Telegraph thriller of the year; Truth Be Told, which was shortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards; and Next of Kin, which won the Adult Fiction Diverse Book Award, and was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award. Those People Next Door was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month pick, and Kia has also been selected for The Times Crime Club.Kia has written for The New York Times, the Guardian, the Financial Times, The Times and the BBC, and is the founder of Asian Booklist, a non-profit that advocates for diversity in publishing and helps readers discover new books by British Asian authors.For more information about Kia and her writing, visit her website at kiaabdullah.com, or follow her at @KiaAbdullah on Instagram and X.