This story is very slow to get started. It wasn’t until about chapter 23 when things started to pick up; by chapter 43, things really heat up.
*There is subject matter/part of the storyline that might be triggering for some people.
The narration of the audiobook is clear and well paced. I enjoyed listening.
Thank You to NetGalley and Bookouture Audio for the opportunity to listen to this ARC.

This clever clever book! Psychological thrillers are my jam so they have to be top notch to keep me entertained...

When her best friend's father is murdered in the house across the street, Anna sees the person as they flee. Trouble is the person whow she saw, saw her too and now she is in danger and so is her daughter....

The book sucks you right in and the more info Anna gets, the harder it is to work out what is true and what isn't. Family secrets run amok in this book and you can see how these people are all connected in ways that don't make sense at first but become so clear and obvious as everything comes to light!

The writing is EXCELLENT! The characters are well developed and the plot is genius!

Loved the ending too but I hate ambigous endings when I need answers but I enjoyed this book so much!

4 stars! excellent excellent audiobook

Anna and Lily have been best friends since childhood and living across the street from each other has helped in cementing their unbreakable bond. Even the event of Anna’s brother Tim, hitting and killing Lily’s mother in a terrible car accident, has never changed their relationship. But things take a drastic turn when Lily’s father is brutally murdered inside his home across the street during a welcome home party for Tim.
Who could possibly hate Lily's father so much to murder him? Everyone will soon find out that there is more than one person who has a grudge for the old man and there are many with dark secrets….
Overall rating 4/5
The subtle hints as to what was actually happening or happened was intriguing. I enjoyed the build up of tension between all the different characters and kept asking myself what was the bond that Anna and Lily shared that made their actions so easily forgettable. Childs’ ability to mold seemingly various plot lines into one final conclusion that was filled with multiple twists was brilliant. The narration done by Kristin Atherton sucked me right into the story and made the characters come to life.

*Thank you to Jill Childs, Bookouture Audio, and Netgalley for the ARC copy. I am freely leaving my honest review.

Family secrets run deep in this psychological thriller. When this FMC runs across the street to find her friend murdered, little does she know that the past is creeping up on her. This one will keep you guessing.

This book had me hooked from the beginning and I finished the audio version in one rapt sitting. Anna and Lily have been best friends forever living across the street from each other in a quaint quiet neighborhood. They share many secrets spoken and unspoken. When Anna finds Lily's father, the beloved town doctor murdered in his bed accusations abound and the police don't know where to turn. Who would have malice against the loved and revered old man who took care of the towns inhabitants. This is when secrets begin to come to the surface and nothing is as it really seems between the two families who live across the street. The story has many twists I did not see coming and I enjoyed that aspect of the novel. The narrator of the audio book was excellent. Recommended for fun for mystery fans. 4 stars.
Many thanks to Net Galley and Bookouture Audio for a chance to listen/read an ARC version of this audio book. All opinions are my own.

Meanders bit in places, but has some good twists too. Well narrated it's an enjoyable and entertaining listen.

"The House Across the Street" by Jill Childs is a psychological thriller.

There is a lot of death and grief in this book, as well as childhood trauma. I didn't like how this book made me feel. There are no likable characters. It has a twisty ending, but I knew one of the twists super early.

Characters - 3/5
Writing - 3/5
Plot - 2/5
Pacing - 3/5
Unputdownability - 3/5
Enjoyment - 1/5
Narration - 4/5 by Kristin Atherton
Cover - 3/5
Overall - 22/8 = 2 6/8,
rounded up to 3 stars

Thank you to Netgalley, Bookouture, and Jill Childs for providing this audiobook in exchange for my honest review.

Psychological thriller told from multiple POV’s which keeps you guessing. Several twists that were unexpected. The narrator was really good.

Anna finds her best friend's father murdered! Who could have done when he is a respected Doctor and well liked in the community! On top of this Anna is getting letters telling her to keep quiet. Anna is confused on what she apparently knows...she just wants to keep her daughter safe. Anna does have some secrets of her own hidden, but surely that's not what they mean. As police are looking for who murdered the doctor there are more and more secrets that get released. Who did and will it be someone you suspected?

I went into this story blind and the start and end of the book had me so consumed, but the middle just did not keep me fully engaged. First chapter we have a dead body. I was instantly thinking OMG we are jumping right in! Then slowly through the story we have some extra stuff thrown at us. Okay, how does this connect to the story line. At the end it all is a big ball of word vomit on what all has happened in the present and past. I do believe a lot of it could have been added throughout the story to keep more of an engagement. The plot twist was great! I did not see that coming and that really wrapped up the story. I did give 3 stars. It has a great start and end. I just needed little more in the middle.

This was an Audio. Narrator has a beautiful accent; at times it was hard to tell if it was Anna or Lily speaking. Overall, beautifully read.

Two best friends who live across the road from each other have secrets which they don’t share. A murder triggers many questions about things that happened in the past and slowly the truth will out! Full of suspense, this thriller kept me guessing. The narration is very good and keeps the pace up. Thank you to Net Galley for an audio arc in exchange for an honest review.

Honestly, this book fell short for me. I really wanted to love this book and just couldn't. It kept me interested and waiting for more - but I never really got more. A few of the twists were pretty predictable for me - the very last twist I didn't see coming and was good. Otherwise, it was just an okay read for me. I would definitely read another book by this author!

I had a hard time getting into this one. I kept confusing the characters for some reason. This one still had good twists and secrets but I just wasn't excited to read this one for some reason.

.Fast-paced with so many twists and surprises throughout. Just when you think you have the whole story, we learn something new and things shift. Great suspense read! Thank you to NetGalley and Bookoture for the advanced reader

This was very twisty and fast moving which I liked. I was often confused between Tim, George, and Mike and I think it was because none of the characters were particularly memorable. I was interested in the story but not invested in the characters or the outcome.

You know I really thought I had this one figured out....but I had to listen to the last 30 minutes three times to make sure I heard it right! OMG what a great finish! If you are on the fence about this one, grab it. you won't be disappointed, you may even want to read it twice!
Growing up together, you think you know your best friend and neighbor. But do you really? Can you really know anyone? Do you know what goes on in the house next door? Or the house across the street?

A fun fast paced thriller ! This book has so many mind blowing moments full of surprises and tension! This is an easy read and one of those can’t stop reading it kind of books. A few jaw dropping moments and overall good fun ! 4 stars ✨

This book starts with two families who are very fortunate to live a comfortable life in an idyllic neighborhood. Anna, her daughter, Cassie, and later, her brother, Tim live across the street from the Taylors. Anna and Tim lived there as children. Lily and George Taylor were friends with Cassie and Tim growing up, until an incident occurred to tear Tim and George apart. When Dr. Taylor, Lily and George's father is murdered, everyone wants to figure out who did it and why. It brings up many events of the past.

I was fortunate enough to get to have an advanced copy of the audiobook. The narrator was wonderful and was able to change her voice to distinguish between each character. I have no complaints with it.

There were so many twists and turns in this book that I could not stop listening. Some of the twists I saw coming, but others not so much. The last gut punch at the very end of the book really got me.

Thank you to NetGalley, Jill Childs, and Bookouture for the ARC!

While this is a well-written book, for a thriller, I just could not get into it. Reading this makes me feel like a little kid again, trying to understand my mother's love for Nora Roberts. You would probably enjoy this if you like the sort of things James Patterson used to write before he just started scamming ghostwriters.

Thanks to netgalley and bookoture for the advanced copy. This book is extremely well written and narrated. Keeps you involved right from the start and doesn’t disappoint. 4/5 stars I will definitely be recommending this book

This was a fast paced whodonit thriller with plenty to keep the reader/listener interested. Characters were well developed but overall not very likeable and difficult to root for. There was some repetitiveness throughout which was frustrating. Twists and turns throughout - some predictable some shocking. I personally didn’t like the final ending. I rated the story 3.5 but increased to 4 due to fantastic narration