Those People Next Door (Hardback)
Kia Abdullah (author)Published: 19/01/2023
Escalating with a sense of pulse-quickening dread, this unputdownable story of nightmare neighbours and the violence that lurks behind the hedgerows of suburbia is another winner from the author of Next of Kin.
You can choose your house. Not your neighbours.
Welcome to your dream home.
Salma Khatun is extremely hopeful about Blenheim, the safe suburban development to which she, her husband and their son have just moved. Their family is in desperate need of a fresh start, and Blenheim feels like the place to make that happen.
Meet your neighbours.
Not long after they move in, Salma spots her neighbour, Tom Hutton, ripping out the anti-racist banner her son put in their front garden. She chooses not to confront Tom because she wants to fit in. It's a small thing, really. No need to make a fuss. So Salma takes the banner inside and puts it in her window instead. But the next morning she wakes up to find her window smeared with paint.And prepare for the nightmare to begin.
This time she does confront Tom, and the battle lines between the two families are drawn. As things begin to escalate and the stakes become higher, it's clear that a reckoning is coming. And someone is going to get hurt.
A gripping thriller about nightmare neighbours, Those People Next Door explores the loss of innocence and how far we're prepared to go to defend ourselves and the people we love.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780008433680
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 600 g
Dimensions: 240 x 159 x 35 mm
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Praise for Those People Next Door:
'Those People Next Door is intelligent, clever, poignant, sharp, and thought-provoking, right through to the perfect final line. Another sure hit for Kia Abdullah, I loved it and can't wait to see what comes next.' - Andrea Mara, Sunday Times bestselling author of All Her Fault
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