The People at Number 9

Felicity Everett

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Meet the new neighbours. Whose side are you on? 'An exciting, dark novel about friendship; brutally truthful and raw' Adele Parks, Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author

Meet the new neighbours. Whose side are you on?

'An exciting, dark novel about friendship; brutally truthful and raw' Adele Parks, Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author

When Gav and Lou move into the house next door, Sara spends days plucking up courage to say hello. The neighbours are glamorous, chaotic and just a little eccentric. They make the rest of Sara's street seem dull by comparison.

When the hand of friendship is extended, Sara is delighted and flattered. Incredibly, Gav and Lou seem to see something in Sara and Neil that they admire too. In no time at all, the two couples are soulmates, sharing suppers, bottles of red wine and childcare, laughing and trading stories and secrets late into the night in one another's houses.

And the more time Sara spends with Gav and Lou, the more she longs to make changes in her own life. But those changes will come at a price. Soon Gav and Lou will be asking things they've no right to ask of their neighbours, with shattering consequences for all of them...

The People at Number 9 is a dark and delicious novel about envy, longing and betrayal in the suburbs...

Praise for The People at Number 9:

'Cleverly maintains suspense ... a compelling and readable tale of our times' Daily Mail

'An exciting, dark novel about friendship; brutally truthful and raw' Adele Parks

'This was clever, relentless and utterly recognisable. I absolutely loved it!' Katie Fforde

'Held me in its vice-like grip from first page to last. It's a fascinating analysis of an unhealthy friendship based on insecurity and delusion, and the characters are so vividly drawn that I sympathised with them and despaired of them in equal measure' Sophie Hannah

'Excruciating yet unputdownable, this is domestic noir at its most gripping' Woman & Home

'A cautionary tale of what happens when you get caught up with the in-crowd ... I gulped it down quicker than a dirty Martini' Veronica Henry

'Beady insights into female friendship. Irresistible, excruciating and unputdownable' Fanny Blake

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