Karen Krupp's life is a good one. She lives in a wonderful neighborhood with a husband who is completely devoted to her. One night Tom comes home from work and to find Karen missing. Dinner is half prepared in the kitchen, her purse and cell phone have been left behind, but she is gone. Tom calls the police, but when they arrive they tell him that Karen has been in a car accident in the bad part of town. The accident caused her to lose her memory. She doesn't know why she was there or what caused the accident. When a body is discovered close to the accident site and evidence puts Karen at the scene Tom starts to realize that there might be more to his wife that he could ever imagine. Their neighbor, Brigid, then tells Tom that she saw a strange man sneaking around their house and was asking about Karen. Is it possible that Karen has been keeping secrets from him? Is it possible that Karen killed that man? When Karen is arrested, Tom starts to think that their lives will forever be ruined.
Karen was such a complicated character. She seemed like a doting housewife who was completely devoted to her husband and their life. She was pretty secretive about her past, but in some ways so was Tom and Brigid. It was clear to me from almost the beginning that their idyllic little world - the one that Tom, Karen, and Brigid all live in was false. I was so, so sure that I had A Stranger in the House all figured out and I was going to be angry that so many people called this book fabulous. But it was the detectives that cast the shadow of a doubt. As the detectives were coming up with theories and working angles I started to second-guess myself. I stuck with the book to the very end and realized that the author is very skilled in her craft of deception. -CLICK HERE FOR SPOILERS - The end was one that I could live with, but it didn't really leave me wowed. The biggest surprise for me was the way the author got me to shift my suspicions.
Bottom line - A Stranger in the House turned out to be a much better book than I was prepared for it to be. The author skillfully takes the reader on an emotional roller coaster that will leave the reader wondering what just happened when they get to the last page.
Details:
- A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena
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- Pages: 320
- Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Date: 8/15/2017
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