Author: Nicole Trope
Published: 2021
Rating: 5/5
Gladys, the self-appointed elderly neighborhood watchdog, knows there’s something off with the house across the street. The curtains are drawn. She didn’t see the children leave for school. Katherine isn’t out working in her garden.
Logan has tried to deliver a laptop twice and has been refused. An ex-con, his instincts also tell him something isn’t right in the house. It’s none of his business, but he feels inexplicably pulled to do the right thing, even though he doesn’t have time for it. His sister was beaten by her boyfriend and is in the hospital, and he needs to get to her side. Still, the situation nags at him.
Maybe everyone in the house is sick? Maybe Gladys and Logan are just overthinking things? Maybe everything is alright after all?
Then one of the children holds up a sign in the window. Help us. It’s gone so quick Gladys thinks she must have imagined it. Logan hears one of the children whisper about a gun behind the closed door. It was so faint maybe he misheard.
Filled with edge-of-your-seat suspense, The Family Across the Street is a masterclass in domestic thrillers. The relatively short read ratchets up the tension with each page. Just when the reader thinks they know where the story is going, Trope pivots the plot in a way that leaves the reader satisfyingly guessing.
The Family Across the Street is a novel lovers of the thriller genre will adore.