In true Louise Candlish fashion, Those People kept me reading until the very end.

This story was very intriguing and makes me nervous about moving soon. I know I’m not that type of neighbor, but I worry about getting neighbors like that. When someone moves in next to you, you always hope you can become friends or friendly acquaintances in the least. There are times when someone moves in and they keep to themselves, but be so intrusive with the things they do.

I wonder how this story would have been if that very first encounter had been more congenial rather than snooty. Things just snowballed from the very start, all the way to the end.

Speaking of the end, I was a little disappointed with the way things ended. The loose ends were not tied up and it actually added a couple of questions. The ending is why this story isn’t 5 stars. I do recommend it be read!

Thank you to NetGalley, Louise Candlish, Berkley Publishing Group for this ARC.

Louise Candlish never fails to deliver on these "omg, no way" thrillers. I loved this book as much as I loved all her previous books.

A South London neighborhood appears to be picture perfect with tight knit neighbors and a street where children can play. All is idyllic until Darren Booth inherits the house on the corner. With him, comes constant construction noise, loud music, and multiple cars. He is running a car repair and resale business. He is driving the neighbors crazy. No amount of cajoling or appeals works to have him conform to the neighborhood standards. Then a tragic accident occurs that pit the neighbors against each other. Who is to blame? I enjoyed the format of the book. It starts eight weeks prior to the accident and works forward. Additionally each chapter is told from a different character's perspective. The beginning of the book starts out very strong, but goes into a lull mid way through. However, I did find the conclusion satisfying and would recommend it for those looking for a mystery.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book! Although the writing was very well done, I found this to move a little slow.

Candlish developed the characters very well for this book, but overall I did not feel as though this book came together very well overall.

Review THOSE PEOPLE by Louise Candlish. Reviewing for Netgalley and berkey/ penguinrandomhouse. Lowland Way is a nice neighborhood with nice houses where the neighbors all get along but when Darren and Jodie move in they sell cars out of their yard, blast music at all hours and start unsightly repairs. All of the other neighbors become hostile toward them and a horrible death comes into play. Everyone is under suspicion. Fantastic read that keeps you in suspense. ⭐⭐⭐⭐Four Stars.

Those people ⭐️
Starting off strong with a murder and an alibi but going back 8 weeks can either make or break a mystery...

Each chapter and each character gets to say their peace about the house and the murder making everyone the perfect suspect.
As the police investigation goes on and we see what those neighbors did to cause all this discomfort in the neighborhood we see why maybe someone might have wanted them gone.
I enjoyed the characters and the writing but I wanted the story to move faster.

Thank you so much to Berkley Books via netgalley for sending me an ARC copy of Thise People by Louise Candlish. This will be released on June 11, 2019.
All opinions are my own.

Those People, by Louise Candlish centers around a somewhat snobby English neighborhood and how things deteriorate once new obnoxious neighbors move in. While the premise was interesting, I expected much more, especially having read the the author’s earlier novel, Our House. The neighbor’s antics are repetitive and predictable, all the characters are unlikeable and annoying, and the only saving grace is the twist at the very end of the book. If you were hoping for a good follow up to Our House, this isn’t it. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.

Neighbors from Hell on Steroids.
All the gorgeous homes on Lowland Way are owned by the right kind of upstanding citizens that anyone would want live by. Kids get to play in gorgeous manicured gardens or even out (gasp) in the street due to a successful initiative called Play Out Sunday where all cars are moved off the streets and the entrances to the road are closed off for the duration of play. It is an idyllic, charming England neighborhood with family oriented neighbors who are apparently all on the same page in regard to lifestyle.
That is, until a new couple move into the corner house at one Lowland Way and peaceful times are a thing of the past.
Darren and Jodie are rude, insulting, antagonistic, and beyond reasoning with. They love to blast Anthrax and Metallica late into the night. They set up an intrusive home renovation project with no permits, putting up unsightly scaffolding that breaches their neighbor’s property. They run a used car lot from their residentially owned property, their cars taking up most of the street’s parking spots, including a behemoth RV parked in front of a neighbor’s house. They refuse to move their cars for Play Out Sunday. They are literally the neighbors from hell, the worst nightmare any homeowner could imagine.
The police nor the town council, including zoning, will do a thing about the situation. Even their late night party complete with rowdy drunks is allowed until one of the residents calls in a drug charge. The next morning, syringes are found on the street along with various party paraphernalia which the other uninvited residents, not the hosts, end up cleaning.
Tensions are fraught due to the stress from living with these people. Husbands and wives turn on each other, a B&B business is destroyed leaving the owner in dire financial straits, and children are suffering hearing loss from the noise level. Home values, once high, have precipitously dropped. It’s a mess.
Then, one Saturday morning a horrific death occurs and the neighbors mount their defense. Alliances are drawn and secrets are kept as the residents of Lowland Way are pushed to their breaking point.
The subject matter, rude and inconsiderate neighbors who have zero regard for others intrigues me. This is my reason for picking up the book. However, it did jump the shark. Things got ridiculously out of hand with neighbors breaking into each other’s homes, installing cameras, and plotting murder. The lack of town intervention at this level was disturbing and I’d really like to think, inaccurate. I have lived next door to some pretty outrageous neighbor behavior, including the selling of used cars out of the driveway and yard in a residentially zoned part of the neighborhood at all hours of the day and night (really). It was shut down and it did not take anywhere as long as the time frame in the book.
What bothered me the most is the story’s ending. It left everything up in the air. Lots of drama but no resolution. Still, read it to learn just how horrific neighbors can be. Maybe you’ll feel better about your own.
BRB Rating. Read It.

When I was granted this ARC I was stoked! First of all this is one beautiful cover. I was sucked in from the very first page as it begins by letting us know that something horrible has happened in this neighborhood. In the style of Big Little Lies this one reveals in each chapter small fragments of something big ahead. Told from the perspective of seven neighbors in three households this story has a bit of everything. The twisted humor is one of the things that made this book so enjoyable.

Lowland Way is one of Lowland Gardens most prominent street. A place with beautiful homes, lush gardens and friendly neighbors. A place where the street gets closed down on Sundays so children can play care free without worrying about traffic.

When Darren and Jodi move in to 1 Lowland Way, the neighbors lives are turned upside down when Darren begins constructions seemingly without proper authorization. Soon the once quiet neighborhood of Lowland Gardens turns to chaos with no end in sight. Ant and Em who live next door to #1 are the ones who suffer the chaos from next door. With a baby at home and endless sleepless nights due to the noise, their lives change dramatically.

I can relate to this book because I once had to deal with this type of neighbors and I know everyone has one neighbor with who they just can’t seem to get along with.

This is my second Louise Candlish read with Our House being the fist and is among my favorite reads of 2018. Fans of Liane Moriarty will definitely enjoy this one. A perfect whodunit that will keep you guessing until the very end. Excellent.

OMG! I absolutely loved this book! I would give it more than 5 stars if I could! I thought it was exceptional!! It was twisted! It was suspenseful!!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own

A gripping domestic thriller set in a perfect neighborhood, where all the carefully built dynamics are challenged to the core with the arrival of the new neighbors from hell, hence the title "Those People."

Soon things turn for the worse and deeply hidden cracks between individual couples on one side and those between neighbors come to the surface with tragic consequences.

Thanks #Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for a chance to read this book.

I always enjoy Louise Candlish's writing style and character development, and "Those People" delivered even more than I had hoped it would based on the book description. As someone that has very annoying neighbors, the blurb pulled me in...but the story was so much more entertaining and interesting that any real life drama I've experienced. SO well done, kept me guessing and on the edge of my seat. Thank you for this great book! *****

Thank you to the author, the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC.

I fell so hard for Our House, and this one did not disappoint. Louise Candlish has a way with words and paints an unique environment in a neighborhood. There must have been a home she loved dearly in her past because the way she describes homes, neighborhoods and the pride that comes with loving where you live so beautifully. Some neighborhood stories get very mundane and messy, with so many characters and alternating narrations to follow, but Candlish has truly perfected it. Those People never got boring, and all of the small twists and turns were always satisfying. I loved this one and am so glad I was able to enjoy it before it was published. I especially love how well this one wrapped up and left you hanging a little, imagining your own end and your own small justices. I highly recommend it.

I really wanted to like this one more. I do believe it was a solid domestic thriller. It just seemed to drag a bit while you read about the neighborhood's huge dissatisfaction with their new neighbor. You read a chapter from a few weeks "before" the incident from each of the neighbors point of view. We know the incident involves the new unwanted neighbor right away. The new neighbor plays his heavy metal music so loud late at night that Ant and Em and their baby son cannot even get sleep. In addition, his mechanic business is run out of his home so everyone is faced with the eye sore of junky cars galore. I am sorry I could not rate this one higher--the ending just was not as satisfying as I had hoped it would be.

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for a chance to read and give an honest review.

I could absolutely feel the frustration build for the people on tree-lined Lowland Way after new neighbors, Darren and Jodie, moved their derelict car business in to the once quiet and peaceful neighborhood.

It was astonishing how one neighbor could assist in the ruin of so many people’s lives. And it was astonishing to watch the destruction of so many lives happen in only a few short months. The plan – make that the many plans – devised by the Lowland Way dwellers was to get rid of Darren and Jodie.

And, of course, there was a mysterious death or two.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book. You did a terrific job, Ms. Candlish, of building this story. Great twists. My only gripe: it got a little long. There was nothing repetitive, and the twists all worked; it just went on too long.

Loved this tale set in an award winning neighborhood and all the couples who make it so special. But when new people move onto the street, problems begin immediately. As "those people" settle in and set about making everyone's lives a living nightmare, the neighbors scheme to rid themselves of the intolerable nuisance. All the while the little cracks in relationships start to fray within the couples' lives and those of neighbor v. neighbor.

OUR HOUSE, by author Louise Candlish, was maybe one of the best books I've read in quite some time...the reveal of the very last sentence leaving me breathless. You can imagine my excitement when I received an ARC of THOSE PEOPLE, her newest thriller, to review.

This book deals with a community of people who live on Lowland Way. They are seemingly rich, do community events together, close their street on Sundays so the children can play on the street with no threats of danger. That all changes when Darren Booth and Jodie move into the open house at the corner. To the community of Lowland Way, Darren and Jodie are the neighbors from hell: Rude, loud, blasting music at all hours of the night, dangerously remodeling their house with no thoughts to anyone else's safety, etc. Things come to a head when someone tragically dies.

This book has a lot of characters, which made it a little bit difficult to get into at first. After that, I was fully on the ride. It's a suspenseful tale of what people can do when pushed up to their tipping point. Although I would recommend it, it was a bit disappointing when compared to OUR HOUSE. The characters are all unlikable, and the ending, while satisfying, didn't quite pack the punch I was expecting. Still, a great read. I'm looking forward to the next one.

Thanks to NetGalley, author Louise Candlish, and Berkley Books for an ARC.

3.5 Stars

THOSE PEOPLE.......WHAT A NIGHTMARE!

If you prefer flawed, unlikable characters, you've come to the right place.

The setting is South London on an exclusive street with homes averaging in the high six figures and neighbor's who follow the rules of the council and politics of the people....until Darren Booth and company move in.

Disruption is immediate as ear-piercing music blares.....the used car business of junk-mobiles makes its appearance, and umpteen unfinished home renovations result in a new "apocalyptic landscape".

Told from alternating voices, we meet all the neighbors, discover their relationships, some chilly, others competitive....even conniving, but all are in agreement that the newbie neighbor from hell must go. Meetings are held, options discussed, but all are not privy to each plan of action.

And then there's a shocking accident....tempers flare and hatred grows. Something must be done....

Decent "psycho" mystery....albeit a bit wordy and slow going. (for me)

***Arc provided by Berkley Publishing Group via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review***

I enjoyed this book; however, horrible characters made it hard to sympathize with the situation. By the end of the book "Those People" referred to the residents of Lowland Way and NOT the new neighbors from hell. Fans of books focusing on domestic issues will probably enjoy this as I'm sure some have had 'that neighbor', though perhaps not to the extreme of Darren Booth. In the end I was left feeling thankful that my neighborhood has a noise ordinance. 3 stars.

I really enjoyed Louise Candlish's previous book, Our House, so I was looking forward to reading this. The mystery begins in the middle of the story and leads you toward the answers with the 8 weeks before, 6 weeks before, etc., headers. I was intrigued at this point, but you get to the "present" about halfway through the book and then it's unclear where it's going from there. I found the second half not as interesting as the first half, and it wasn't holding my attention for very long. I feel like it could have had less smaller plot points spread throughout, and focused more on the main plot, which would have moved it along a little quicker. When I read a mystery, it's very important to me to feel like I can't wait to find out what happens, and once you get to the present in this story, it loses that feeling. 3 stars - OK but not great.