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A Stranger in the House

Shari Lapena

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Another thrilling domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and Not a Happy Family

“A Stranger in the House will have you sleeping with the lights on for weeks.” —Bustle

“Smart and suspenseful . . . you'll never see the ending coming.” —PureWow In this neighborhood, danger lies close to home.

Karen and Tom Krupp are happy—they’ve got a lovely home in upstate New York, they’re practically newlyweds, and they have no kids to interrupt their comfortable life together. But one day, Tom returns home to find Karen has vanished—her car’s gone and it seems she left in a rush. She even left her purse—complete with phone and ID—behind.

There's a knock on the door—the police are there to take Tom to the hospital where his wife has been admitted. She had a car accident, and lost control as she sped through the worst part of town.

The accident has left Karen with a concussion and a few scrapes.  Still, she’s mostly okay—except that she can’t remember what she was doing or where she was when she crashed. The cops think her memory loss is highly convenient, and they suspect she was up to no good.

Karen returns home with Tom, determined to heal and move on with her life. Then she realizes something’s been moved. Something’s not quite right. Someone’s been in her house. And the police won't stop asking questions.

Because in this house, everyone’s a stranger. Everyone has something they’d rather keep hidden. Something they might even kill to keep quiet.

GenresFictionMystery & DetectiveThrillersSuspense

320 pages, 7 editions

English edition · First published 2017 by Doubleday Canada · ISBN 9780385686976

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Editions

7 editions

English

  • A Stranger in the House · Doubleday Canada · 2017 · ISBN 9780385686976 This page
  • A Stranger in the House · Corgi Books · 2018 · ISBN 9780552174978
  • A Stranger in the House · Penguin Audio · 2017 · ISBN 9780525498544
  • A Stranger in the House · Pamela Dorman Books/Viking · 2017 · ISBN 9780735221123
  • A stranger in the house · Bantam Press · 2017 · ISBN 9780593077412
  • A Stranger in the House · Diversified Publishing · 2017 · ISBN 9780525501312

German

  • A Stranger in the House: Das Böse Ist Näher, Als Du Denkst. Thriller (German Edition) · Bastei Lübbe · 2018 · ISBN 9783732555697

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