The book I'm reading is The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena. This book is about a lovely couple that lives in a nice neighborhood with their newborn baby. When one night they are invited to a dinner party with the couple next door. Once they go they decide to leave the baby at the house and go and check in on her in between times. Once they get back home they are soon to discover that the baby is gone! Blame is immediately put on the parents but Detective Rasbach knows its something much more. Once investigating they soon to find out that it was the husband but he wasn't the only one with a plan. We soon to find out that another family member is involved with the "kidnapping" of baby Cora.
The scene where Anne (the wife) finds out that Marco (the husband) is the one who faked the kidnapping of their baby reminds me of the betrayal that the husband (Tom Krupp) felt when finding out that his wife (Karen Krupp) was doing illegal things and that she wasn't telling him the truth in the book Stranger In The House. Both of those couples identities are similar. A loving couple who trusted each other but someone in the marriage is dishonest and the other can't forgive them. Also at the end of the book, Anne kills her next door neighbor and in the other book Karen kills er ex-husband. Anne I think is very similar to Karen because they both kill someone and they both are also betrayed. They act alike in many ways but also are very different.
I love the way Shari Lapena left us in suspense all through the book, to the very end. To me the story teaches me that even when you think something is over and done with, there are still endless possibilities. I was very surprised at the end when Anne killed her neighbor. I didn't think Anne had it in her. I also loved that Lapena added Anne's own mental condition in the beginning of the book. So as the book progressed you could see how it was used. I really liked all the creativity in this book. I could imagine everything in my head as it were a movie. I would read it again anytime.
The scene where Anne (the wife) finds out that Marco (the husband) is the one who faked the kidnapping of their baby reminds me of the betrayal that the husband (Tom Krupp) felt when finding out that his wife (Karen Krupp) was doing illegal things and that she wasn't telling him the truth in the book Stranger In The House. Both of those couples identities are similar. A loving couple who trusted each other but someone in the marriage is dishonest and the other can't forgive them. Also at the end of the book, Anne kills her next door neighbor and in the other book Karen kills er ex-husband. Anne I think is very similar to Karen because they both kill someone and they both are also betrayed. They act alike in many ways but also are very different.
I love the way Shari Lapena left us in suspense all through the book, to the very end. To me the story teaches me that even when you think something is over and done with, there are still endless possibilities. I was very surprised at the end when Anne killed her neighbor. I didn't think Anne had it in her. I also loved that Lapena added Anne's own mental condition in the beginning of the book. So as the book progressed you could see how it was used. I really liked all the creativity in this book. I could imagine everything in my head as it were a movie. I would read it again anytime.
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