Not a Happy Family
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  • Published: 2 August 2022
  • ISBN: 9780552177047
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $22.99

Not a Happy Family

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Paperback
2 Aug 2022
EBook
27 Jul 2021
Audiobook
27 Jul 2021
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The new unputdownable thriller from the 'queen of the one-sit read', multi-million-copy bestselling author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR. When an elderly couple are found murdered, could their children be responsible?

In this family, everyone is keeping secrets - even the dead.

In the quiet, wealthy enclave of Brecken Hill, an older couple is brutally murdered hours after a tense Easter dinner with their three adult children. Who, of course, are devastated.

Or are they? They each stand to inherit millions. They were never a happy family, thanks to their vindictive father and neglectful mother, but perhaps one of them is more disturbed than anyone knew. Did someone snap after that dreadful evening? Or did another person appear later that night with the worst of intentions? That must be what happened. After all, if one of the family were capable of something as gruesome as this, you'd know.

Wouldn't you?
  • Published: 2 August 2022
  • ISBN: 9780552177047
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $22.99
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About the author

Shari Lapena

Shari Lapena worked as a lawyer and as an English teacher before writing fiction. Her debut thriller, The Couple Next Door, was a global bestseller, the bestselling fiction title in the UK in 2017 and has been optioned for television. Her thrillers A Stranger in the House, An Unwanted Guest, and Someone We Know were all Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers. Her fifth thriller, The End of Her, is coming soon.

Facebook: ShariLapena
Twitter: @sharilapena

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Also by Shari Lapena

The Couple Next Door
Everyone Here is Lying
What Have You Done?
The End of Her
Someone We Know
An Unwanted Guest
A Stranger in the House
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Praise for Not a Happy Family

Nobody does a vicious family circle like Shari Lapena. Highly recommended

Cara Hunter

In this fast-paced, twisted family saga, Shari Lapena keeps you guessing until the very last page

Paula Hawkins

Queen of the modern crime novel Shari Lapena is back with another tale of murder...Shari will keep you guessing until the very end

Sunday Express

A cross between Big Little Lies and Miss Marple, we reckon this one could be destined for the screen some time soon

Woman's Weekly

Dramatic, tense and satisfying murder mystery

My Weekly

A brilliant read

Bella

With wholly unlikeable characters and a fast-paced plot, this book will keep you guessing until the last page!

Candis

A deliciously dark family drama...Buckle up for a fast-paced drive into the damning and dysfunctional secrets of one family.

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