The People at Number 9

Felicity Everett

You'd trust your neighbours with anything wouldn't you? Notes On A Scandal meets The Couple Next Door, perfect for fans of Harriet Lane and Liane Moriarty.

When Gav and Lou move into the house next door, Sara spends days plucking up courage to say hello. The newcomers are creative, daunting and a little eccentric, so naturally Sara is flattered when the hand of friendship is extended. Incredibly, by turns, Gav and Lou seem something admirable in Sara and her husband Neil - something authentic and worth cultivating. In no time at all, the four are soulmates, sharing late night suppers, bottles of wines and childcare. Sara is delighted to be welcomed into Lou's trusted circle of creative friends and increasingly drawn to handsome, chaotic artist Gav.

Inspired and encouraged by her new neighbours, Sara starts to make changes in her own life, ditching the job she loathes, dumping tedious old friends, agreeing to take her children out of school for home-ed. But creativity comes at a price and soon Gav and Lou are asking things they have no right to ask of their neighbours, with shattering consequences for all of them ...

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