The People Next Door

Let's see; rebellious daughter, check; long haired, but pure son, check; narrow minded father, check; limp dishrag mother, check. OK, you have everything you need for a psychedelic trip back to the 60's!

Ludicrous plot and weak characters: hard to believe this is the same author of Man and Boy. Avoid reading this

I used to read a lot, but just don’t find the time anymore (endless scrolling on social media doesn’t help 😬)However, I buy every Tony Parsons book and read and enjoy it start to finish in a day or two. He has a knack of drawing me in from the first line, no words are wasted, this book like all his others is excellent and I would recommend it to literally everyone!

Rating: 3.9/5For some reason or other, in spite of already having a sizeable back catalogue, Tony Parsons is an author who has simply passed me by until now. However, based on my experience of reading "The People Next Door", I will certainly be back for more in future. The very premise of the story and a number of the plot developments do require the reader to suspend disbelief and grant the author a fair amount of dramatic licence, but if you are prepared to do that, you will be rewarded with a pacy thriller that is engaging and entertaining.Lana Wade and her husband, Roman, have moved away from London after having endured a harrowing experience. Their new home is in a well-to-do residential close known as "The Gardens", located in a leafy part of Oxfordshire. Roman seems to be immediately won over by the new location and their welcoming neighbours. Lana is less convinced and feels somewhat ill at ease. Are her reservations unfounded, or is there, indeed, something more sinister going on behind the flawless facade?There are echoes of Ira Levin's, "The Stepford Wives" - perhaps overlaid with elements of a British version of "Desperate Housewives" - in this novel, but is is certainly far from being a facsimile. Tony Parsons may well have made use of some other influences, but he has created something that is very much his own. The author's storytelling abilities are clearly evident, with each and every one of the characters being well-drawn and memorable. Good stuff!

It is a long time since I read anything by Tony Parsons so was delighted to read the Kindle version of The People Next Door. Tony writes in a genre I have concentrated more on recently and this book did not dissapoint. A gripping page turner read in a few days. I shall return to some of Tony Parsons earlier books that have sat unread on my bookshelves for many years.

I am half way through this. It's like watching some soap opera where nobody is actually ugly or plain looking.

If you haven't read any of Tony Parsons books then give this a miss ! Read his books that have Max Wolfe in them , which I love reading, unlike this book! He needs to go back to his roots, which worked .