The House Across the Street

Perfect families have the most to hide...I feel so lucky to live in a gorgeous house with my precious daughter on Riverside Road, surrounded by green hills and well-tended gardens. I'm just across from the Taylors, who were a second family to me when I was growing up. But late at night, I spot someone in the house across the street. Someone who shouldn't be there... Lily Taylor and I are best friends and closer than sisters, but life in our idyllic neighbourhood comes to a shuddering halt when I find Lily's father murdered in his own bed. As I break the news to Lily, I swear to her that I'll do everything I can to help her family. Who could possibly have done this? I tell the police, but while they're trying to find the killer, I start getting threatening notes that leave me shaking with fear. Then someone throws a brick through my eleven-year-old daughter Cassie's bedroom window, covering her in shards of broken glass. As I stand in her wrecked bedroom, I make a choice. I am desperate to help Lily get justice, but my daughter's safety has to come first. Even when I stop helping with the investigation, the messages keep coming. Someone knows what I saw, and I'm terrified they'll come for my little girl next. But they've underestimated me. No matter how far I have to go, I'll always protect the people I love... An astonishingly gripping psychological thriller with a truly shocking twist from USA Today bestseller Jill Childs! If you love Sally Hepworth, The Woman in the Window or Liane Moriarty, you'll adore this up-all-night, addictive thriller. What readers are saying about Jill Childs: 'I was completely hooked... utterly impossible to put down! Wow! I read it from cover to cover in one sitting... stunning.' Goodreads reviewer 'OMG!!!! WHAT DID I JUST READ!?!?! MIND-BLOWN!!!!... Absolutely addictive and had me sucked in from the first page until the explosive ending... I couldn't stop listening to this book until early hours of the morning... Completely blew my mind... Absolutely hooked... Absolutely mind-blowing... Never in a million years I would have guessed the bombshell that hit me in the last few pages!!!... Absolutely addictive book!!... I LOVED it.' Bookworm86 'Oh my god!!!!... This book swallowed me up!!!! I was absolutely invested right from the beginning... A must read! I did not see the twist coming.' @cathys.current.reads 'A SHOCKING twist at the end that I never saw coming... Wow! I literally gasped out loud!' Goodreads reviewer 'Wow, if I could give this 10 stars I would. What an amazing book... Fantastic twist at the end, can't recommend this book enough. Definitely the best book I've read all year.' NetGalley reviewer 'Wow it does take your breath away... absolutely loved this book and couldn't put it down... fantastic.' Carol Drinkwater