The Woman Next Door: A Psychological Thriller With a Stunning Twist Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Sue Watson (Author), Katie Villa (Narrator), Hachette UK - Bookouture (Publisher)

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I suppose everyone has their reasons for living here. Who knows what lies behind the pretty curtains and the well-groomed lawns of Mulberry Avenue?

Lucy has a kind and adoring husband, a job she loves as a teacher, and a house on Mulberry Avenue with floaty curtains and the softest bed linen. After her troubled childhood, she knows life will never be perfect, but it’s pretty close.

She’s also got Amber, right next door. They never run out of things to talk about. Even if Amber’s life - with her high-profile job and handsome, wealthy boyfriend - is more glamorous than Lucy’s, they share a down-to-earth sense of humor.

But then Amber starts to hint that her life isn’t all it seems, and when she comes to Lucy, terrified, saying that she’s getting threatening messages, Lucy promises to protect her.

The closer Lucy gets to anyone, the harder it’ll be to keep her past to herself. But Amber doesn’t have anyone else, and Lucy welcomes her into her home.

Lucy knows all too well that people aren’t always what they seem. Sometimes they have secrets. And they’d do anything to keep them. Yet when Amber settles in a little too quickly, Lucy’s still sure: she can trust her friend...can’t she?

Gripping and pause-resisting, All Her Secrets tells a story about the dark side of friendship and has a final twist that will shock every listener. Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train, Friend Request, and Clare Mackintosh.

Reviewers love Sue Watson:

"Tense, atmospheric psychological thriller with more twists and turns than a rollercoaster. Impeccably written and a big fat 5***** from me. Awesome!" (Number one best-selling author Angela Marsons)

"Gripping tension that builds and builds... I kept thinking I knew where she was going only to be knocked sideways... An absolute page turner of a read that sent my heart racing. Bravo to the new queen of psychological thrillers." (By the Letter Book Reviews, 5 stars)

"Most definitely a book that captures your imagination... A book that I literally did not put down." (Best Crime Books and More, 5 stars)

Listening Length

8 hours and 31 minutes
Author

Sue Watson
Narrator

Katie Villa
Audible release date

May 23, 2019
Language

English
Publisher

Hachette UK - Bookouture
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B07RRDQH3Y
Version

Unabridged
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Audiobook
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Listening Length	8 hours and 31 minutes
Author	Sue Watson
Narrator	Katie Villa
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	May 23, 2019
Publisher	Hachette UK - Bookouture
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07RRDQH3Y
Best Sellers Rank	#14,961 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #94 in Psychological Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #513 in Psychological Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals) #873 in Psychological Fiction (Books)

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Ginger Nielson

I’d say “twos company…threes a crowd”

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 5, 2023

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I was not completely drawn into this book. It was good but took me a while to read. I wish it had more “thriller” parts. This would be a good read by the fire with a blanket and just relax.

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Tabby2018

Three stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 24, 2019

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I’m a big fan of Sue Watson, so was very excited to read this. I bought it yesterday — this is not a “Many thanks to Netgalley, here’s my unbiased review of the book I was given for free in exchange for an unbiased review of a free book!” — and am not very happy that I paid $3.99, as it’s now 99 cents today. Oh, well. (This didn’t factor in my review.)

I have mixed feelings about this book. Other than the baby, I strongly disliked every single character ... even before I knew more. But that’s not necessarily a deal-breaker, there are plenty of books I love with casts of vile characters. But this book, oof. Around the 35% mark, I nearly gave up on reading further. I didn’t think I could stomach yet another page of the hero worship of Amber (by Lucy). It just went on and on, round and round, same thoughts and actions .... Ms Watson beating us over the head with “Ok, so the backstory is that Lucy is obsessed with Amber and wants to protect her, see? See here? See some more?” Yes. After nearly half the book, I got it. And it was very annoyingly over the top. Lucy was ready and eager to sacrifice other friendships, her marriage, her job ... for some woman who had just moved into the neighborhood, acted weird, and was often rude. Ok, mmhmm, sure. I guess it had to do with Lucy’s childhood? I don’t know. We get a few flashbacks, but they really didn’t feel well-connected to the bizarre frothing over Amber, in my opinion.

I guessed many of the twists early on, but am not taking away because of it. It was still fun to see if I was right, and how it’d all play out. Ms Watson is very talented at tying up loose ends in most cases. Some were laughably cliched and very played out, though.

Many of the actions were so completely over-the-top, far-fetched, as to just make me roll my eyes. I know, this genre of books can and does play loose with reality, but sometimes it’s just too much silliness. I need to feel some sort of connection to the characters, to feel more immersed in the story, to be able to suspend my disbelief enough. I didn’t with this book. I just didn’t care about any of them in any way, so didn’t care what happened. I get very annoyed when we “meet” characters, who seem a certain way, but then inexplicably start behaving as if aliens took over their bodies. (That doesn’t apply to Amber. Her character was clear from the start.)

Three stars because it did keep me engrossed and wanting to finish, although I didn’t like the scorched earth ending. I wish I could expound on that, but it would give away major spoilers.

Overall, I feel that the story was disjointed with gratuitous and non-organic twists that seemed out of place in many of the circumstances, and a few backstories and red herrings that didn’t seem natural. But most of all, that the very extreme situations come on immediately, before we even get a chance to “know” the characters enough to care about them. We get pushed into the deep, roaring rapids of the thriller river, ready or not.

It’s certainly not the worst book, so sure, I can recommend it. At least it’s not another missing kid book with a pair of toddler shoes as cover art. But I thought I’d add a truly unbiased review, i e, from someone who actually purchased it and isn’t a member of The Cult of Netgalley, et al.

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Lara Gonzalez

A quick read. Characters sucked. Otherwise, meh.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 22, 2020

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I gave this four stars because I admire any author who can tell a story from start to finish. As an aspiring author myself, I always get stuck at a certain point of writing a story and end up abandoning it altogether. I think Sue has a decent ability to craft a solid story and make it compelling enough to where the reader is anxious to get to the conclusion. I managed to read this in, give or take, 4 hours.

That being said, I found the story started becoming extremely predictable at some point, even with the so-called “twists.” I won’t give anything away, but I knew almost instantly which character was writing the diary-like excerpts in between chapters. Perhaps a more casual reader might not be as anal-retentive as I am about jumping ahead of the storytelling and forming my own endings to see how they compare with the author’s.

It annoyed me how much each character seemed to lose their individuality and become more and more cliche as the story alternately got more and more complex. Matt went from endearing, chummy and supportive to a total locker-room d-bag. Lucy became insufferably more naive as the story wore on, then at the end she finally appeared to “grow a pair,” I guess after hitting her proverbial rock bottom? The only traits that persevered were Amber’s skankiness, selfishness, and indifference to everyone’s feelings. But, even SHE began to soften and crack a bit toward the end. Still, not once did she convey any human traits. She had a robotic, hypersexual demeanor that doesn’t exist in reality. Even the most evil sociopaths (real and fiction) usually possess a “human” trait resembling empathy, softness, or sensitivity. For me as a reader, it made the main characters highly unlikeable.

However, I’d recommend this to all readers. I have to point out how much I enjoyed the British slang, and learning how it differs from the way Americans speak and what we call things. The story is like a patchwork quilt of different movies and books pieced together but it’s still worth a quick read in my opinion.

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Loved it

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 11, 2023

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Really amazing book, complicated and full of twists and turns. But poor grammar always ruins it for me. Tho perhaps in England, its proper to say , 'Amber and me (ex) went to the store', instead of Amber and I.

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Joanne Paterson

What a chore

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 4, 2019

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This book was awful. The characters were entirely unlikeable, the writing was immature and full of inconsistencies. The story was boring and i doubt Lucy could be any more pathetic and irritating. I hate putting a book down without finishing it but it was a momentous effort getting to the end of it. Cannot wait to indulge myself into my next novel, one that delivers a story that you want to devour, not just a load of drivel that you're wishing will finally end.

Don't waste your time on this, I'd rather clean the oven.

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BCB & More

Great read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 8, 2019

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Mmmm, I was kind of on the fence about this book for a fair while maybe until the halfway mark when it picked up. The main problem for me is that Lucy one of the main characters is just so annoying! Lucy is an ‘every day Joe’ and has a normal life with her husband and a job as a teacher. When Amber moves into their street everything changes as Lucy becomes good friends with the semi-famous weather girl Amber. It becomes apparent quite early on that Lucy is the one doing all the running in the friendship, and when Amber starts to receive threatening messages the tables turn a bit and Amber starts to lean heavily on Lucy for support.

There is an air of sinister goings on from very early on and that sense of trepidation certainly builds giving the book that air of ‘danger around the next corner’. However at the same time as the book unfolds it becomes one of those, which person do I believe here. There are multiple possibilities and as the book progressed I really didn’t know which way it would go. The last part of the book was absolutely brilliant and I ended up thoroughly enjoying it. Fundamentally there is zero wrong with this book because I think the readers are meant to dislike the characters but for me I always struggle if I dislike characters as I find I am just not that invested in finding out what happens to them. Thankfully the story pulled me in enough and and it was certainly worth it. Not my favourite of the two in this genre Sue has written but I will still be looking forward to the next release!

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Booney

Awful Characters in a Disappointing Plot

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 30, 2021

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I'm not sure that I can trust review ratings any longer. How this book received so many 4/5 star reviews I have no idea. A few reviewers suggested that things improved after 40% - they didn't. The blurb stated that there was an amazing twist at the end - there wasn't, it was obvious. All the characters were awful, I like to root for at least one character in a book. In fact I'd go as far as saying they were totally obnoxious. I'm pretty sure I've enjoyed Ms Watson's writing in the past but this one has completely put me off her - sorry.

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Murrow Mulberry.

Ambered Out!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 9, 2020

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This book as far as i am concerned is very poor.
Written in a style which is very boring and immature.
I got to chapter4 or maybe 5 and was becoming irritated.
I am thankful Lucy wasn't a teacher to my children as her mind would never have been on the job because all she thought about or rather obsessed about was AMBER!
The day Amber moved into her new home Lucy baked her a special cake...Amber was such a wonderful friend...Amber and Lucy went out for lots of evenings together... Lucy loved the weather lady on t.v and what was Amber's career? of course, she, s a weather lady.
I don,t know how many times in the book up to when i gave it up the name Amber appeared but i know that when the light changed from amber to green i got up and with no second thought i left this book behind.
A Rubbish read.

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Miss J C McGill

Don't get the hype

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 2, 2021

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I did manage to finish this book. But only just. I don't understand all the good reviews.
It was badly written in my opinion, with a really basic writing style, with little description or scene setting, and describing motivations and feelings directly rather than letting you work it out yourself. The characters were really one dimensional eg Amber is shallow, Lucy is 'nice', etc and none of them are likeable at all. I have put nice in inverted commas as I think she is meant to be nice (she reminds me of the type of person who complains they are too kind and gets taken advantage of all the time) but she also comes across as shallow and desperate, dumping all her friends as soon as someone semi famous moves in to the street, and puts up with being treated badly because her friend is rich and successful. The plot is unbelievable and I saw the 'twists' coming from miles away. For example, what do you think happens to Lucy who dumps all her friends for someone really fickle with a nasty streak? Why would someone let their neighbour move into their house if they believed a stranger had been in their neighbours house, rather than take any steps to improve security like change the locks and alarm? Why would someone ever dump all their friends for one new friend who was periodically nasty to them? I wont say any more in case it spoils it for anyone but I found it full of holes eg around police procedure.

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