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A review by b_tellefsen_rescuesandreads
A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena
3.0
Rating 3.5/5
This was my first Shari Lapena, and I quite enjoyed my reading experience because I found it fairly multi-layered.
At first, you find yourself engrossed by the initial conflict: Karen, a loving housewife, has wrecked her car in a bad part of town, a part she had no reason for being in, after driving extremely recklessly. Apparently, she fled her house in a rush with no cell, no purse, and the end of that excursion left her car totaled and her in the hospital. Tom, her husband, cannot believe what has happened as this is so out of character for her.
It further escalates when the police seem to find a connection between Karen a murder victim that was found near where Karen wrecked her car. Karen doesn't remember anything about that night, but she and Tom find their lives turned upside down as Karen becomes the main suspect in a murder investigation and Tom realizes his wife may not be who she says she is.
Meanwhile, there is some trouble brewing just across the street, trouble that may cause more conflict for Tom and Karen, not to mention all of the secrets that Karen is hiding.
Who is the dead man? Did Karen really kill him? What caused her to rush out of her house that night? All of these questions are answered slowly throughout the book leaving a slight little twist at the end that wasn't necessarily mind-blowing, but quite a bit devious.
I am definitely interested in reading more from this author!
This was my first Shari Lapena, and I quite enjoyed my reading experience because I found it fairly multi-layered.
At first, you find yourself engrossed by the initial conflict: Karen, a loving housewife, has wrecked her car in a bad part of town, a part she had no reason for being in, after driving extremely recklessly. Apparently, she fled her house in a rush with no cell, no purse, and the end of that excursion left her car totaled and her in the hospital. Tom, her husband, cannot believe what has happened as this is so out of character for her.
It further escalates when the police seem to find a connection between Karen a murder victim that was found near where Karen wrecked her car. Karen doesn't remember anything about that night, but she and Tom find their lives turned upside down as Karen becomes the main suspect in a murder investigation and Tom realizes his wife may not be who she says she is.
Meanwhile, there is some trouble brewing just across the street, trouble that may cause more conflict for Tom and Karen, not to mention all of the secrets that Karen is hiding.
Who is the dead man? Did Karen really kill him? What caused her to rush out of her house that night? All of these questions are answered slowly throughout the book leaving a slight little twist at the end that wasn't necessarily mind-blowing, but quite a bit devious.
I am definitely interested in reading more from this author!