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The Family Across the Street

A Totally Unputdownable Psychological Thriller with a Shocking Twist

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The Family Across the Street

By: Nicole Trope
Narrated by: Taryn Ryan
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In a normal family, in a normal house, on a normal street, everything is about to go horribly wrong....

You’d never know what secrets the house on Hogarth Street holds - what’s happening, right this second, behind closed doors.

An emerald-green front lawn. Perfectly trimmed hedging. An ivy-covered front gate and the scent of honeysuckle in the air. In the yard, two scooters lie on the grass. One blue, one pink, belonging to five-year-old twins.

But if you look closely, you’ll see the windows closed on the hottest day of the year.

If you listen carefully, you’ll hear the sound of a mother reassuring her precious children, the son and daughter she’d do anything for, as she holds their little hands. It’s okay, Mama’s here.

If you manage to get past the locked doors, you’d find her blaming herself. For the mistakes she has made. The choices that have to led to this moment. Her regrets about trusting the wrong people.

Inside the beautiful house on a quiet street is a mother making a desperate decision. Because somebody is threatening the life she has built and the children she worships. It’s down to her to protect her family. How far she is willing to go?

©2021 Nicole Trope (P)2021 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd. Fiction Psychological Women's Fiction Thriller

Critic Reviews

"Incredible.... It's going on my list of favourite reads of the year. I had tears streaming down my cheeks.... I was blown away.... I really can’t say enough great things about this book. It is a must-read." (Jaynie’s Book Reviews)

"OMG!!!!! An absolute meteor-shower of stars for this one! Fantabulous! Jaw-dropping. Twisty.... So, so wonderful.... If I could rate a book 100 stars, I would.... An outstanding read." (Sandy’s Book a Day Blog)

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Just a great story

Nothing to tell just a great story happy ending yay really enjoyed it try it

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Gripping

It was hard to stop listening to this story, particularly towards the end. Was a twist I didn’t see coming.
I enjoyed the characters and the narration was great. It’s one I will replay again at some point.
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A ‘nice’ easy listen

I wouldn’t say it’s captivating or action-packed but still a good story. It’s worth listening to if you like that feel-good ending that we all hope for. A little predictable, but most stories seem to be.

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Australian suburbia on show

This was a well-written book with a twist, taut and building in tension. The narration was outstanding. Warning: this book contains descriptions of domestic violence which may be extremely upsetting for some people.

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Gripping from the get-go

One of those rare, outstanding stories that hooks you in right from the opening line and doesn't let go until the very end - and even then you realise you were holding your breath the whole time.

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Good story but terrible characters

I enjoyed the story and plot , but the characters were so stupid with sone of the things the author had them say , surely they would not be that stupid in real life, also sone of the conversations had during the book were meaningless drivel that had no value in the story , the speech of Debbie made you want to stab yourself in the eye , nobody sounds like that I wanted to yell every time the narrator spoke . But if you can get past that the story isn’t too bad for anAustralian author

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Was waiting for this one to be over

I didn’t find the twists anywhere near exciting. I also struggled a lot with reading a book nearly entirely about two people deciding whether or not to phone police despite multiple unhinged signals something was off.

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is this an episode of play school???

really struggled to listen to this book, it sounds like you're listening to a children's story...
not written or read well. I don't recommend.

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A bit far fetched

I found this to be a bit disappointing. I was intrigued by the blurb but found the whole story in reality quite far fetched.

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