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The People Next Door [Paperback]

Christopher Ransom (Author)
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Publication Date: 7 July 2011

A PERFECT FAMILY

Mick and Amy Nash are an ordinary couple leading ordinary lives. And then, into the house next door move the Renders - beautiful, charming, perfect . . . and not at all what they pretend to be.

AN EVIL SECRET

Too late Mick learns that something is deeply, darkly wrong with the neighbours. Who are these people? Where did they come from? And what are they hiding in the basement?

A SHOCKING TWIST ENDING

As death and darkness descend on the neighbourhood, only Mick can save his family and expose the horrifying truth about the people next door - a secret already hailed as the most electrifying twist ending in years.

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  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Sphere (7 July 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0751543802
  • ISBN-13: 978-0751543803
  • Product Dimensions: 12.5 x 3 x 19.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 28,561 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'Deliciously scary with the added element of a ghostly haunting... so many twists you'll be reeling at the end' --Toowoomba Chronicle

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The third novel from Christopher Ransom, author of the international bestsellers The Birthing House and The Haunting of James Hastings.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Meh. 3 Aug 2011
By aikimoon
Format:Paperback
The front of this book boldly proclaims "You'll never guess their secret!, You'll never forget the twist!".

Uh-huh.

I had both figured out by a quarter of the way through. The book starts off promisingly enough, with some genuinely creepy moments as the stage is set. However, it soon becomes clear where all the did-I-really-see-those-things-coz-they-weren't-there-when-I-looked-back style plot devicse are heading. Once the diary entries show up the author may as well have planted a neon sign telling you the ending.

The best scenes are when the family in question stay out of sight and instead hover in the shadows as sinister shadows. Once they move to centre stage the impact is deflated by quite some way.

The main character and his family are difficult to empathise with. The shouting and yelling between husband and wife, which I assume to is meant to reflect the sinister influence of the family, is in fact irritating and comes across as soup opera like at times. The daughter and her visions could have been used more effectively and the teenaged son is just a moping pain in the arse. That said the father himself is an engaging hero who is trying to protect his family but, frustratingly, isn't used to his full potential.

Overall this is a decent enough novel with some good chills to be found and some good ideas tucked away in it, even if the author could have made more of them. It's the bold claims acrossthe front that let it down, over-hyping it and leaving the reader with the unavoidable anti-climax such proclamaitions always result in.

Not bad but by no means a must read.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars sigh...... 27 Aug 2011
By Chrissie Ross
Format:Paperback
I just want a scary book! This one was very silly and the ending was just ridiculous. How does this stuff get published? I'm so depressed I can't even raise the energy to be funny about it, just boring and awful.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars The twist is there isn't a twist 26 Oct 2011
By Bukowski
Format:Paperback
I've just finished this pile of bog-roll in book form and it's the first time I've ever thrown a book straight in the bin. Honestly, it really is that bad. The blurb says it's the best twist ending you'll read in years. Really? What twist exactly? And I'm still no wiser as to what they kept down the cellar.

I urge you not to read this book, it's several hours of your life that you'll never get back. Spend the time more productively, by watching paint dry for instance.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome and damn right creepy
I decided to write this review due to the bad comments that are posted on here I happen to think this book is awesome and very creepy yes it is a bit obvious as to how its gonna... Read more
Published 2 months ago by LittleMissRock
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Amazing book. I felt like I was sitting on the edge of my seat reading it. You knew they were evil. You just didn't realise how evil. Brilliant author. Love all his books.
Published 6 months ago by June L. Reid
2.0 out of 5 stars Average
It was like a really bad t.v show that you have to watch just to see what happens, this book had the same effect on me. Read more
Published 6 months ago by avid reader
3.0 out of 5 stars the people next door
i did not get into this book until the last few chapters,wether i was slow to get what it was all about or wether it did not hit the right notes for me im not sure. Read more
Published 7 months ago by ruth1044
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment
This book was a big disappointment. Like a lot of readers I expected much more. The blurb on the cover made it sound like the scariest thing since The Exorcist. But scary it isn't. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Katie M
1.0 out of 5 stars Gave up
The cover and blurb convinced me to buy this book. I thought it was going to be really scary and unforgettable. But how wrong I was. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Patsy
1.0 out of 5 stars What twist?
I rarely give up on a book but this one was utterly tedious. Boring characters, boring plot. And what the hell was that blurb about a twist? What twist? Read more
Published 9 months ago by M. A. Tams
1.0 out of 5 stars Toilet paper
Don't even bother. I agree with everyone on here who didn't like it. Time wasting authours. Just shows you these publishers will print anything, maybe I should write on then :) but... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Jonny
3.0 out of 5 stars Totally bemused
I enjoyed the book.
Anyone who has read any of my other reviews will know I don't say that lightly, I recently tore The Snow Garden to shreds when the other reviewers rated it... Read more
Published 12 months ago by White Rose
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment!
"You will never guess their secret, you will never forget the twist"

This statement on the front of the book, plus the great artistry grabbed me straight away, I love to... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Andie P
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