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‘OMG!!! SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!!!… The most heart-racing book I’ve read in a long time, if not ever!!! It had me hook, line and sinker from the first page and I could not put it down!!!… Clear your day because it is truly unputdownable… What an absolute twist!!!… If you read one book in your life, make sure it is this!!!!’ Bookworm86, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Sometimes, the most perfect families are hiding the most terrible secrets. How well do you know the people next door…?

Everybody wants to live on Hogarth Street, the pretty, tree-lined avenue with its white houses. The new family, the Wests, are a perfect fit. Katherine and John seem so in love and their gorgeous five-year-old twins race screeching around their beautiful emerald-green lawn.

But soon people start to notice: why don’t they join backyard barbecues? Why do they brush away offers to babysit? Why, when you knock at the door, do they shut you out, rather than inviting you in?

Every family has secrets, and on the hottest day of the year, the truth is about to come out. As a tragedy unfolds behind closed doors, the dawn chorus is split by the wail of sirens. And one by one the families who tried so hard to welcome the Wests begin to realise: Hogarth Street will never be the same again.

A completely gripping, twist-packed psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Sally Hepworth and Lisa Jewell.

Readers love The Family Across the Street:

‘Wow!!! Wow!!! Wow!!! A total page-turner and will keep you guessing with every page. Halfway through I thought I had figured it out and then BAM! The ending floored me.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Omg! Omg!... My son came in and asked me who I was yelling at?! (I was yelling at my e-reader).I think my heart beat out of my chest… The suspense was killing me! LOL my heart is still beating crazy!… OK I have to go now, I need a big glass of wine to calm down!’Ana’s Attic Guest Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Oh my GOSH!!!!!! I read this emotionally charged, compelling book in one sitting. Whoa, my emotions are ALL over the place!!! I’ve never been soooooo engrossed in a book from the first page. Amazing, emotional and just Wow!!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Oh wow, absolutely triple wow. Absolutely amazing.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘OMG, this story was amazing.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I’m writing this review with tears streaming down my face!! What a BRILLIANT book… I was on edge every single second… At one point I realised my body was literally tensed up in anticipation.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Utterly blew my mind.’ Priyanka’s Book Gallery, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I was absolutely hooked!!… Totally engrossed!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Simply brilliant… Almost gave me an aneurysm in my attempt to finish it.’ @rk_reads, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Absolutely amazing!… So so good with so many twists and surprises. I could not put it down and read it in 24 hours!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘The story totally sucked me in and I was hooked! Will blow your damn mind!’ @oh.happy.reading, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I realise I use the phrase “page-turner” too much, because THIS was a true PAGE-TURNER. I read it in one sitting.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Wow, I loved this one so much…. A whole box of tissues were gone in just a few hours. It wasso intense that I was sitting at the edge of my seat the whole time. I couldn’t put this one down for the life of me. No bathroom breaks at all.’ Blue Moon Blogger, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B094JJ1KYT
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bookouture (August 6, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 6, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1993 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 258 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1538767929
Reviewer: Robyn Bolle
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Amazing Read!
Review: I could not put this book down! It is so well written, and I have discovered a new author. Nicole's style of writing keeps you on the edge of your seat. "The Family Across the Street" certainly delivers suspense and surprise. Little George and Sophia want nothing more than to protect their Mom and Mom wants nothing more than for her children to be safe. The ending was not what I expected. Life is about chances, not judging a book by its cover, trusting your gut and sometimes just being a busybody! Nicole delivers on all accounts!

Reviewer: Luanny
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: pretty good read!
Review: Easy to read fun and thrilling with a twist at the end!

Reviewer: Tom McGee
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The Most Entertaining Psychological Trillers That I Read in Many Years! Enjoy!
Review: The Family Across the Street, was my first exposure to author Nicole Trope, but will not be my last. I have already purchased her book, The Boy in the Photo.This 249-page suspense novel kept me glued to my chair rapidly reading through the wee hours of the morning and wishing I would have begun reading it earlier in the day.Trope knows how to grab the reader at the onset and hold on to the reader throughout the entire compelling tale.At times I was a bit confused by characters; however, I figured it out and I realize that was the author’s ingenious intent.Set-in modern-day Australia the story begins with two dysfunctional families. Logan and his sister, Maddy’s parents were terrible parents that had a negative impact on their children’s lives. Their father always said that Logan would end up in jail. Associating with the wrong people, Logan did end up going to jail after home invasions and smoking a powerful drug. Maddy ended up with Patrick a young man who was severely abused by his father. Patrick’s mom and dad divorced, and his father later committed suicide, but not before he manipulated Patrick into believing that his mother was the source of all of his problems. Maddy ended up in a Melbourne hospital on life support with an induced coma after Patrick beat her nearly to death.Another family, Katherine and John were having troubles of their own. Katherine believed that John was having an affair after she saw heart emojis on his cell phone texts. The strain of raising their 5-year-old twins, George and Sophie was negatively impacting their family and they seemed to be falling out of love with each other. After their elderly neighbors, Lou and Gladys heard John’s tires squealing as he left for work Gladys became annoyed. When she noticed that the Katherine and John’s blinds were closed and the children had not left for school, she worried that something was not right at Katherines home. Likewise, Debby’s husband Logan, a postal worker was concerned when he tried to deliver a laptop to Katherine's address. She refused to open the door for a signature resulting in him unable to deliver the computer. As he continued his postal route, he began to think something was wrong at that address. When he tried again, he heard a child at the door make a remark that amplified that concern.The remainder of the tale deals with suspenseful happenings within Katherine’s home and Gladys and Logan worrying about it.This is an enthralling suspense thriller that I recommend as a must read to fans of this genre. It is the best that I have read in years.

Reviewer: Jessica Fitzgerald
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The description of the book on the back cover is not at all accurate.
Review: The description on the back cover is not at all accurate; not even close. It is a completely different book than what is described on the back cover. I am not sure if that was intentional as a way to hook readers or if it was just lazy. But either way, I felt duped by the back cover.The book takes place in just a day. It starts out pretty good. In the prologue, one of the neighbors is introduced and then never heard from again. I found that really weird. I thought for sure she would be connected somehow but that never happened. I am not sure why she was even introduced to begin with.The book is told from the perspective of a multiple characters and dives a little into their lives. I thought some of the deep dive into their back stories were a little boring and unnecessary.The book started to drag towards the end because it took forever to get to the end. The twist was actually pretty good. I did not see it coming. There were small clues throughout the book that the person keeping one of the characters hostage was not who you thought it was. However, the reveal of the twist was poorly written in my opinion. I had to re-read it a few times to make sure I was reading it correctly. It seemed kind of sloppy in the reveal. And the last 20 or so pages were so boring, I just skimmed right through them to the end.Overall, this book will be a quick read. The twist is decent but it drags in several places and the flipping around to different characters get tedious after a while. The storytelling was a little sloppy in places. But whoever wrote the back cover description should be fired because the book was not the way it was described AT ALL. I think it actually would have been a better book if it was anything like the description.

Reviewer: Amazon_Customer1
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Definitely a page turner
Review: Liked this book. Kept me guessing to the end.Good character development. Loved Gladyswho had her own issues with ill hubby, Lou.She was the nosey neighbor everyone needs!Very good read.

Reviewer: Doe
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I loved the story line
Review: I really loved the story line. I do feel like parts of the book became too drawn out, especially the last several pages. The plot was fantastic though.

Reviewer: Silver
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: A real thrilling read. I couldn't put the book down. I am looking forward to read more of Nicole Trope books !

Reviewer: Maya
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I liked the book. Reasonable delivery time.

Reviewer: Mrs Suzanne J Ashmore
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This is a brill book, another one I couldn’t put dow, got better every page with an ending not expected.

Reviewer: MAE
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: A story of a mother who showed great courage against a son threatening to kill her and her two young children from her second marriage. Good reading.

Reviewer: frankie
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Nice change of settings for me as this novel takes place in Australia.It took a few chapters for me to "get into it" but I agree that it is indeed an "unputdownable thriller".The countdown approach the author uses contributes a lot to the suspense.I knocked off 1 star because of redundancy in a lot of chapters.