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Someone We Know – Shari Lapena
Digital audiobook read by Kirsten Potter
4****

From the book jacket: Maybe you don’t know your neighbors as well as you thought you did. In a quiet, leafy suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into houses – and into the owners’ computers as well – learning their secrets, and maybe sharing some of them, too. After two anonymous letters are received, whispers start to circulate, and suspicion mounts. And when a woman down the street is found murdered, the tension reaches the breaking point. Who killed her? And how far will all these nice people go to protect their own secrets?

My reactions:
This was a taut mystery / thriller. Several characters revealed themselves to be unreliable. They were lying to their families, friends, neighbors, and the police. The mother of the teen computer hacker confides in her best friend, but doesn’t tell all she knows (and she doesn’t know everything, because her son lies to her). There are multiple personal intrigues, including several affairs between neighbors. “A” is sleeping with “B”, whose spouse is sleeping with “D.” The dead woman was apparently sleeping with multiple partners, but at least HER husband has an airtight alibi. But then why is HE acting so suspiciously and lying to police?

I was sure I had it figured out but was completely surprised by the actual reveal. And the ending gives the reader another mystery to ponder and wonder about.

Kirsten Potter does a fine job of narrating the audiobook. There are a lot of characters and she was up to the task.


LINK to my review