NOT A HAPPY FAMILY BY SHARI LAPENA

10/4/2021

Not a Happy Family is a razor sharp who-dun-it that starts off at warp speed and doesn’t release ANY of the tension readers feel upon their bodies until the very last page. Even then… You’ll probably loose your mind!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: July 27, 2021
Genre: Domestic Thriller. Murder Mystery.
Series: None. Complete Standalone.
Pages: 363 pages
Format: Hardcover. Source: BOTM Box.

The new domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and The End of Her who has sold more than 7 million copies of her books worldwide

In this family, everyone is keeping secrets—even the dead.

Brecken Hill in upstate New York is an expensive place to live. You have to be rich to have a house there, and Fred and Sheila Merton certainly are rich. But even all their money can't protect them when a killer comes to call. The Mertons are brutally murdered after a fraught Easter dinner with their three adult kids. Who, of course, are devastated.

Or are they? They each stand to inherit millions. They were never a happy family, thanks to their vindictive father and neglectful

mother, but perhaps one of the siblings is more disturbed than anyone knew. Did someone snap after that dreadful evening? Or did another person appear later that night with the worst of intentions? That must be what happened. After all, if one of the family were capable of something as gruesome as this, you'd know.

Wouldn't you?

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𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗦𝗡𝗔𝗣𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗧: Not a Happy Family is a razor sharp who-dun-it that starts off at warp speed and doesn’t release ANY of the tension readers feel upon their bodies until the very last page. Even then… You’ll probably loose your mind!

WOW! I have to hand it to Shari Lapena because she took an overtold and worn-out story and turned it into a deliciously deceiving and relentless read! Honestly, 𝗜 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗𝗡'𝗧 𝗣𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡. And I didn’t even want to. I had high hopes for this book, and it exceeded all of my expectations! Hands down, this is one of my top 5 favorite reads of the year.

𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗞𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗟𝗔 𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗡 𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬? This is the question that plagues readers from the very first page. Could it be Dan? He’s known to take long drives in the middle of the night to cleanse his mind… and watch certain people from his car. Could is be Catherine? She wants that house BAD. But will it all be taken away because her late father has a vicious streak and wants to punish all those who have disappointed him? What about Jenna. She’s the youngest of the siblings and has been babied her entire life. But did someone push her to the last straw? And then we have others who may or may not hold grudges against the Merton’s. The nanny who saw it all, the sister who wants to be rich SO BAD and will do anything to get that money, or the illegitimate daughter who is hiding secrets of their own? 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗡 as they grapple with all of this knowledge and try to piece everything together in order to find out what really happened that Easter Sunday. 𝗬𝗢𝗨'𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗕𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗗𝗚𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗧 and feel an extreme amount of tension all with a BIG smile on your face. 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗧!

Obviously, I don’t have to say how much I loved this because my rating says it all. This is a solid, razor sharp read that can be easily devoured in a matter of hours. With short choppy chapters, readers will get a deep insight into who these characters are. You may not trust them, probably not even like the lot of them, but you WILL feel a sense of retribution for them. I highly recommend it!

𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙:
• Domestic Thrillers
• A fast paced “who-dun-it” that will leave your head spinning
• Authors like Ruth Ware, Megan Miranda, Liv Constantine, and Samantha Downing

𝗠𝗬 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐