Welcome to the new read and rate feature on jen ryland reviews, where I discuss all of an author’s books and which one I (and you) think is the best. so…. what is the best book by shari lapena? Let’s discuss!
what is shari lapena’s best book?
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which book by shari lapena has the highest rating of good reads?
which book by shari lapena did you like the most?
which book by shari lapena should you read first?
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shari lapena book order
here is a list of the books shari lapena has written in order of publication:
the couple next door (2016)
anne and marco conti have a loving relationship and a beautiful baby girl, cora. but one night, when they are at dinner next door, a terrible crime is committed. suspicion is immediately centered on the parents. but the truth is a much more complicated story. inside the curtained house, a haunting account of what really happened unfolds. Both Anne and Marco soon discover that each other has secrets, secrets they’ve kept for years.
a stranger in the house (2017)
Karen and Tom Krupp are happy newlyweds. one day, tom returns home to find that karen is gone: her car is gone and it looks like she left in a hurry. he even left his bag, complete with phone and ID, behind. There’s a knock at the door: the police are there to take Tom to the hospital. A car accident has left Karen with a concussion and a few scratches. furthermore, he can’t remember what he was doing or where he was when he crashed. the cops think his memory loss is very convenient and suspect he was up to no good. Karen returns home with Tom, determined to heal and move on with her life. she then she realizes that something is not quite right. someone has been to her house. And the police keep asking questions.
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an unwanted guest (2018)
It’s winter in the catskills and mitchell’s inn is the perfect setting for a relaxing weekend. It features large old-fashioned rooms with huge wood-burning fireplaces and opportunities to cross-country ski, snowshoe, or just snuggle up with a good murder mystery. so when the weather takes a turn for the worse and a blizzard cuts off power and all contact with the outside world, guests settle in and try to make the most of it. soon, however, one of the guests turns up dead, it looks like an accident. but when a second guest dies, they begin to panic.
someone we know (2019)
In a quiet, leafy suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into homes, and homeowners’ computers, too, learning their secrets and maybe sharing some of them too. who is he and what could he have discovered? after receiving two anonymous letters, rumors begin to circulate and suspicions mount. and when a woman down the street is found murdered, the tension reaches breaking point. Who killed her? Who knows more than they say? And how far will all these kind people go to protect their own secrets?
the end of her (2020)
Stephanie and Patrick recently got married and have newborn twins. As Stephanie struggles with the disorienting effects of sleep deprivation, there’s one thing she knows for sure: she has everything she ever wanted. then a woman from her past arrives and makes a shocking accusation about her first wife. he always claimed her death was an accident, but she says it was murder. he insists that she is innocent, that this is nothing more than a blackmail attempt. but is patrick telling the truth?
It’s not a happy family (2021)
Everyone in this family keeps secrets. All their money can’t protect Fred and Sheila Merton when a killer arrives. The Mertons are brutally murdered the night after a Passover dinner with their three adult children. who, of course, are devastated. or are? each of them will inherit millions. They were never a happy family, thanks to their capricious father and neglectful mother, but perhaps one of them is more disturbed than anyone knew. Did one of them break after that dreadful evening? Or was it someone else that night who sneaked in with the worst of intentions? It must be after all, if one of your brothers was a psychopath, you would know it.
which book by shari lapena has the highest rating of good reads?
shari lapena’s books have fairly consistent average good read scores, at 3.8 and 3.9. here’s the order, from highest to lowest:
someone we know 3.94 stars
It’s not a happy family 3.83 stars
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the couple next door 3.81 stars
the end of it 3.80 stars
an unwanted guest 3.71 stars
a stranger in the house 3.67 stars
which book by shari lapena did you like the most?
I actually disagree with the goodreads ratings. I’d rank It’s Not a Happy Family as the best of sorrow (you can read my review of It’s Not a Happy Family here), followed by The Couple Next Door . wasn’t a huge fan of someone we know, which reminded me a lot of harlen coben’s hold tight (I only realized this when I was watching the adaptation of hold tight on netflix .
please come and discuss that book or the netflix adaptation here. ) or the end of it, which started out strong but turned into chaos by the end. I haven’t read the worst rated books about grief, an unwanted guest or a stranger in the house.
which shari lapena book should you read?
shari lapena reminds me a bit of harlan coben. both are masters of the plot, juggling many secondary balls in the air and including many different points of view. they both write fast-paced, plot-driven books that aren’t going to be for readers who are big on character development or atmosphere.
if you love authors like liane moriarty or sally hepworth, definitely read it’s not a happy family. Like the books by Hepworth and Moriarty, Not a Happy Family is rooted in family relationships. and dysfunction.
If you like twisted domestic thrillers from authors like sarah pekkanen and greer shepherd or liv constantine, then I’d try the couple next door.
My two favorite lapenes also have a true crime feel to them. I’m working on a true crime inspired fiction post, and will definitely have these two on that list. if that sounds like something you’d like, be sure to sign up for my weekly email or my monthly mystery-thriller newsletter. or both! you can do it here or at the top of this post!
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