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Title details for The Other Family by Wendy Corsi Staub - Available

The Other Family

A Novel

by Wendy Corsi Staub
Hillary Huber
Audiobook
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One of PopSugar's Most Anticipated Books!

One of Bibliofile's Most Anticipated Mystery/Thriller Books!

"Great psychological suspense with a wallop of a twist." —Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author

New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub makes her trade paperback debut with a fast-paced thriller in the vein of Lisa Jewell's The Family Upstairs and Megan Collins' The Winter Sister. Here, a family making a fresh start moves into a house which was the site of an unsolved triple homicide—and are watched by an unknown person...

The watcher sees who you are...and knows what you did.

It's the perfect home for the perfect family: pretty Nora Howell, her handsome husband, their two teenage daughters, and lovable dog. As California transplants making a fresh start in Brooklyn, they expected to live in a shoebox, but the brownstone has a huge kitchen, lots of light, and a backyard. The catch: its previous residents were victims of a grisly triple homicide that remains unsolved.

Soon, peculiar things begin happening. The pug is nosing around like a bloodhound. Nora unearths a long-hidden rusty box in the flowerbed. Oldest daughter Stacey, obsessed with the family murdered in their house, pokes into the bloody past and becomes convinced that a stranger is watching the house. Watching them.

She's right. But one of the Howells will recognize his face. Because one of them has a secret that will blindside the others with a truth that lies shockingly close to home—and to this one's terrifying history.

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  • Release date

    February 8, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780063084629
      • File size: 262820 KB
      • Duration: 09:07:32

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 22, 2021
      This chilling domestic thriller from bestseller Staub (The Black Widow) opens with the arrival of Nora and Keith Howell and their daughters, 14-year-old Piper and 17-year-old Stacey, in Brooklyn from L.A. Nora and Keith hope to piece their marriage back together; Piper is looking forward to exploring New York City; and true crime aficionado Stacey is soon captivated by the boy down the street, who tells her that, 25 years earlier in the Howells’ new brownstone home, someone killed a family—father, mother, and teenage daughter—as they slept. The murders are still unsolved. Stacey is unnerved as she learns more about the house’s history and realizes a stranger is stalking her. Nora’s discovery of a metal box in the garden and a creepy photo puts her on edge, and she becomes certain that the house’s bloody past is reaching out to ensnare her family. Are the neighbors just welcoming, or are they too anxious to befriend the Howells? The suspense rises as it emerges that the Howell family’s chances of surviving hang on one of its members revealing a dark secret. Staub reliably entertains. Agent: Laura Blake Peterson, Curtis Brown.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      When the Howell family moves from California to Brooklyn, they find the perfect house for their all-American family: mom, Nora; dad, Keith; and their two teenage daughters. Narrator Hillary Huber tells the story from the perspectives of several of the characters. She delivers their settling-in anxiety, followed by a straightforward tone as day-to-day life proceeds. Then they discover that the house's previous residents were victims of a grisly triple homicide that remains unsolved. The tension mounts when daughter Stacey discovers a stranger watching the house and Keith wonders why the neighbors are so friendly, even intrusive. Huber keeps up the suspense throughout, but when the awful truth is revealed, the novel's ending disappoints. L.W.S. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      June 1, 2022

      Nora Howell, her Brad Pitt-lookalike husband, and their two daughters have moved from California to New York City for a year. Nicknamed "Barbie," she seems like the perfect little housewife. One daughter takes after her, and the other is obsessed with true crime and looks nothing like the rest of the family. Stacey, the older, sullen daughter, finds out that the house in which her family lives was the scene of a brutal murder some 25 years ago. There are other sinister touches to the house such as a macabre family portrait. This book is all about secrets, and someone in the Howell family is keeping a real whopper. Hillary Huber's narration is deft. She sets a brisk pace and has a different voice for each character. She also makes everyone sound suspicious, which lends to the thrill of listening to the story. VERDICT Creating unbearable tension, Staub (Don't Scream) is brilliant at the slow build, and the recording is paced and voiced perfectly. A must-have for public libraries.--B. Allison Gray

      Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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