Shari Lapena
Shari Lapena is a Canadian novelist best known for tightly plotted domestic suspense and psychological thrillers. Her breakout novel, The Couple Next Door, established her internationally; other notable books include A Stranger in the House and Not a Happy Family. She is a bestselling author whose work has reached readers worldwide.
Biographie et Parcours de l'Auteur
Shari Lapena is a Canadian novelist whose path to fiction was indirect and gradual rather than precocious in the public eye. She has said that she wanted to be a writer from childhood, but chose law school because writing did not seem like a practical profession. After several unsatisfying years as a lawyer, she returned to school and became an English teacher, a role she found more suited to her temperament. The decisive shift came when she was at home raising her children and began writing seriously. Her first published novels, Things Go Flying and Happiness Economics, were comic, literary works released by a small Canadian press; the second was shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, giving her an early measure of recognition.
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The Couple Next Door
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Suburban secrets unravel when neighbors' perfect facade shatters overnight.
What Have You Done?
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Dead girl's voice haunts a town's darkest secrets and silences.
A Stranger in the House
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Perfect life shattered: her forgotten secrets could destroy everything.
The Couple Next Door
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Suburban secrets unravel when neighbors' perfect facade shatters overnight.
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Shari Lapena
Dead girl's voice haunts a town's darkest secrets and silences.
A Stranger in the House
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Perfect life shattered: her forgotten secrets could destroy everything.
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"Shari Lapena follows up her bestselling thriller with another domestic nail-biter"
— Quill & Quire
"Shari Lapena is at the very top of her game here"
— Lucy Foley
"Gripping, clever, and tightly plotted, Everyone Here Is Lying showcases Shari Lapena at her absolute best"
— Sarah Pearse
"I absolutely adore Shari Lapena's compulsive thrillers and her new novel is her best yet"
— John Boyne
"In the world of Shari Lapena, everyone has a secret"
— Maclean's
"Shari Lapena is the undisputed queen of dysfunctional families"
— Clare Mackintosh
"Shari Lapena's latest thriller The End of Her will keep you guessing right up to the end"
— USA Today
"Shari Lapena keeps you guessing until the very last page"
— Paula Hawkins
"Shari Lapena is one of the best thriller writers in the business"
— Steve Cavanagh
"Domestic thriller fans rejoice! Shari Lapena is back with another book that will make you question everything you think you know"
— Book Riot
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