September book club - THE FAMILY ACROSS THE STREET - Nicole Trope

Hi readers!

This month is fiction month! Our selection this time round is The Family Across the Street by Nicole Trope.

Fans of Trope know that she is a master of the twisty tale, and it seems that this story will be no exception. Told through four points of view, this is the shocking story of a family held in acute fear by the presence of a gun and by someone who should love them. Katherine and her five-year-old twins, Sophie and George, are beyond terrified.

The neighbours instinctively know something isn't right, but they're unsure what to do. A delivery man feels unable to act because of his criminal past. A woman who's appointed herself as a kind of unofficial 'neighbourhood watch' is busy looking after her invalid husband and is worried the police won't take her seriously. Everyone involved seems to suffer some sort of inertia when it comes to taking action and the tension mounts.

What will happen? How does love turn so quickly into hate? Will the Katherine and her children survive?

Here's the blurb:

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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.

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We'll be meeting at 6.30pm on THURSDAY 26 September at Wynnum Library (above Woolies) in Florence Street, Wynnum.

You'll find plenty of free parking on-street or underneath the building.

Cost for the evening is $5 (cash only, please, for Meetup fees).

Feel free to bring along some drinks and nibbles to share.

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REVIEWS:

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

'The most heart-racing book I've read in a long time!' (CS Books)

'An unputdownable psychological thriller.' (AM News)

You can read more reviews here:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58016065-the-family-across-the-street