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This book covers a lot of topics including single parent families, Alzheimer’s and domestic violence but it does it in a way that adds to the story and doesn’t focus on it. The characters are really well written and even though not all likable they are believable. The small road has a Truman Show-like perfection to it. There is always someone doing something wholesome. But is it really so perfect? There's just no words really to describe how much I LOVED this book. Tony Parson has moved his way up to be one of my favourite authors, and if you read this book he will be one of yours too! As Lana struggles to adjust to her new life in paradise, she begins to believe that these events are somehow connected.
As Lana struggles to adjust to her new life in Paradise, she becomes convinced that her new neighbours are hiding something from her, something connected with the deaths of the family who lived in her house before she did, something that could put her own life in danger.... Tony Parsons (born 6 November 1953) is a British journalist broadcaster and author. He began his career as a music journalist on the NME, writing about punk music. Later, he wrote for The Daily Telegraph, before going on to write his current column for the Daily Mirror. Parsons was for a time a regular guest on the BBC Two arts review programme The Late Show, and still appears infrequently on the successor Newsnight Review; he also briefly hosted a series on Channel 4 called Big Mouth. When secrets long buried explode into the light, they will change the lives of everyone around her. The characters were both interesting and cryptic including Alan Hall the retired professor, Willow a former model and trophy wife, and Sandy Lana's wise and much older friend and mentor. Lana was a likeable character though there was definitely something off about Roman. The manipulative, powerful and controlling husband and the wife who everybody thinks is crazy, paranoid and not to be believed, really added to the suspense Lana and Roman may seem like an attractive, popular couple. But they are also a couple with a secret, a secret buried in the life they have left behind, a secret they have shared with no one.
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The People Next Door is told in the first person by both Lana and Roman – and I must give credit to Parsons for the way he voices Lana. I completely forgot I was reading a book written by a man. I thought the novel started off okay, I liked the concept and I had house envy, even if I had to fill myself with disbelief that anyone would be swimming in an outdoor pool in late Autumn. However, the more I read, and the longer it was drawn out, I just became bored and more incredulous. Lana and Roman Wade have fled the city for a little corner of paradise, exchanging their flat with its unhappy memories for a small honey-coloured house among the rolling green hills of Oxfordshire. Their new home, set in a residential Close known as The Gardens, is their dream and their new neighbours are charming.
I couldn't leave the book for a minute until I'd discovered how it would all end ... A brilliant book .'Tony Parsons hooked me from the first few chapters , and I found it really hard to put down, I'd highly recommend it to any thriller lovers .' Lana and Roman Wade have fled the city for a little corner of paradise, exchanging their flat with its unhappy memories for a small honey-coloured house among the rolling green hills of Oxfordshire. Their new home, set in a residential Close known as The Gardens, is their dream and their new neighbours are charming. So why is Lana feeling so uneasy? Lana and Roman may seem like an attractive, popular couple. But they are also a couple with a secret; a secret buried in the life they have left behind, a secret they have shared with no-one. But their new neighbours - these charming, affluent men and women in the Gardens - have secrets of their own. Terrible secrets; unimaginable secrets that include the apparently happy family who lived - and tragically died - in Lana and Roman's new home. As Lana struggles to adjust to her new life in Paradise, she becomes convinced that her new neighbours are hiding something from her, something connected with the deaths of the family who lived in her house before she did, something that could put her own life in danger... There were a lot of loose ends that were never solved. For example what was the relevance of the writing on the wall or the autopsy theory claiming that Bill Cutter didn't kill his family . There were also a lot of unanswered questions and unexplored depth that really could have added to the story Roman's involvement with the cult and motivation wasn't clear? Did he think that the cult would keep him and Lana safe after the traumatic burglary in London? The mystery of the Cutter family also wasn't solved. Did Bill Cutter really kill his family? Also the dynamics of the cult weren't really explored and there wasn't much psychological depth which would have really added to the story . Tony Parsons strikes again with a new epic thriller... It's a nail-biter until the end!' That's Life
This psychological thriller starts off OK, plods around clunkily, and then ends in a finale that embarrasses both the reader and the writer (probably not the writer). The twists in this book are unexpected and absolutely jaw dropping. Tony has you questioning your every assumption, taking a breather because so much is happening and I just needed to read it, I didn't want to stop! A house with a safe room that gets mentioned frequently but then doesn't get used when somebody is in the house threatening Lana. Lana and Roman may seem like an attractive, popular couple. But they are also a couple with a secret; a secret buried in the life they have left behind, a secret they have shared with no-one.It's a new beginning: your chance to put the terrible truth of what happened to you in the city behind you. Great plotting, great characters and at least two eye-widening twists I didn't see coming' Sophie Hannah Lana and Roman Wade have fled the city for a little corner of paradise, exchanging their flat with it's unhappy memories for a small honey-coloured house among the calling green hills of Oxfordshire. Their new home, set in the residential close known as The Gardens, is their dream and their new neighbours are charming. So why is Lana feeling so uneasy? Lana and Roman may seem like an attractive, popular couple. But they also have a secret; a secret buried in the life they left behind, a secret they have shared with no one. Tony Parsons is a decent writer and this story had a lot of potential but unfortunately there were too many unsolved loose ends and an inconclusive ending which unfortunately brought down the rating of this book.
Photographer Lana, moves with husband and GP Roman, from busy, bustling city life, to the idyllic and relaxing countryside. Becoming tenants of ‘The Gardens’, a residential close where all the houses are large and expensive, and the residents are secretive and mysterious, Lana struggles to settle in. Are the neighbours hiding something sinister, or is she imagining it all?I've long been a fan of Tony Parsons' writing. This is brilliant stuff!' Peter James Read more Details If you want a fast-paced psychological thriller where nobody is really what they seem and your allegiances are challenged throughout then this is definitely one for you.
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