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Those People

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No matter how nice the neighborhood is, there are always some of Those People. They are loud, disruptive and have no consideration for their neighbors. Being kind and friendly doesn't help. What can you do? Lowland Way is a great neighborhood and a wonderful, safe place to raise your children. Darren and Jodie move into the corner house. They are rude and unfriendly. They will never fit in. They break all the rules. He is remodeling/ demolishing the house. It needed some work but it looks like a mess that will never be fixed. Now, they are selling used cars from their front yard. This just can't continue. Then one day an unexpected death rocks the street. The police are going house to house looking for witnesses to the tragedy. Who did this? There are secrets every time another house is visited. A thriller that keeps you guessing until the end. I received this book from Net Galley and Berkley Publishing for a honest review.

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I liked this book and it’s premise because who hasn’t had bad neighbors. It was a riveting read that I throughly enjoyed. The plot was fast paced and held my interest
Thanks to Netgalley and and the publisher for letting me review this book

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I love Louise Candlish books. I read the other one and found it riveting. About a woman who came home and found strange people living in her home. This book, "Those People" did not disappoint either. A pleasant neighborhood is besieged by a man and his girlfriend who move in and make their lives miserable. Then he dies and every neighbor who hated him is suspect. Great book!

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This is the second Louise Candlish book I have read and I (literally) could not put it down. The neighbors and neighborhood were so real and the characters so genuine. I loved the twist at the end (no spoilers) as to who the new owner of the house turned out to be. I'm going to go back and find Candlish's prior novels. She is one of my new favorites and I've recommended her to anyone who will listen. Thanks for the Advanced Copy.

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Had to suspend disbelief a little on this one. I know the new neighbors had to be made into awful people in order for anyone else to be a sympathetic character but they were a little over the top for me. Also a little hard to believe some characters would really make some of the choices they made but still a fun read.

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I’d like to thank netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. As soon as I saw this book on here, I wanted to read it before even reading the premise since I really enjoyed Our House so much. With that being said, I enjoyed this book as well. It has many chapters from different neighbours perspectives and what goes on between them over the course of 8 weeks and what and how far would you go to get rid of a nuisance on the street, would you kill? A thrill of a ride that I finished in one day.

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Ugh. Who hasn’t had bad neighbors before? I once sold a house because of particularly nasty neighbor, but Candlish takes her version of bad neighbors to the next level. In what had been a peaceful upper middle class suburb, new neighbors bring an idyllic, quiet setting to an end. Darren and Jodie do not belong in Lowland Way, the only reason they have the house at all is because they inherited it. Former Council residents, they begin by tearing down an historic wall, then amp things up by playing loud music at all hours and keeping broken down cars in their yard for Darren to work on. It’s a nightmare all right and when tempers flare someone ends up dead. Anyone who has ever been stuck in a similar situation will likely see themselves in the “good” neighbors and understand how frustration and rage might end in tragedy. Like eating peanuts

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