She Didn't See It Coming

The gripping new psychological thriller from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and Everyone Here Is Lying. *NOW AN INSTANT GLOBAL BESTSELLER!*'Stunning: fiendishly plotted with whiplash twists and turns' LUCY FOLEY, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Guest List. She didn’t see it coming . . . And neither will you. ----Bryden and Sam have it all - thriving careers, a smart apartment, supportive friends and a cherished daughter. The perfect life for the perfect couple. Then Sam receives a call at his office. Bryden – working from home that day - has failed to collect their daughter from nursery. Arriving home with their little girl, he finds his wife’s car in the underground garage. Upstairs in their apartment her laptop is open on the table, her phone nearby, her keys in their usual place in the hall. Except Bryden is nowhere to be seen. It’s as if she just walked out. How can she have disappeared from her own home? And did she even leave the building at all?With every minute that passes – and as questions swirl around their community – Bryden and Sam’s past seems a little less perfect, their apartment building less safe, their friends and relatives no longer quite so reliable . . . ----‘Shari Lapena is far and away one of the best psychological thriller writers in the world.' LISA JEWELL, No.1 bestselling author of DON'T LET HIM IN‘I absolutely raced through it . . . a pacy and hugely satisfying thriller. Highly recommended’ KARIN SLAUGHTER'A modern master of the psychological thriller' STEVE CAVANAGH, bestselling author of Fifty Fifty and The Accomplice'The queen of page-turners' ANDREA MARA, bestselling author of No One Saw a Thing'I loved this book... Shari's characters are so brilliantly drawn that I did not guess whodunnit!' LIZ NUGENT, bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond *** AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW!***Shari Lapena, No.1 Sunday Times bestseller, April 2024

She didn’t see it coming . . .
And neither will you.

THE GRIPPING NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EVERYONE HERE IS LYING AND THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR.

''Stunning: fiendishly plotted with whiplash twist and turns - Shari Lapena is at the very top of her game here'' LUCY FOLEY, Sunday Times & New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List.
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Bryden and Sam have it all - thriving careers, a smart apartment in a luxury condo, supportive friends and a cherished daughter.
The perfect life for the perfect couple.

Then Sam receives a call at his office. Bryden – working from home that day - has failed to collect their daughter from daycare.

Arriving home with their little girl, he finds his wife’s car in the underground garage. Upstairs in their apartment her laptop is open on the table, her cell phone nearby, her keys in their usual place in the hall.

Except Bryden is nowhere to be seen. It’s as if she just walked out.

How can she have disappeared from her own home? And did she even leave the building at all?

With every minute that passes – and as questions swirl around their community – Bryden and Sam’s past seems a little less perfect, their luxury condo less safe, their friends, neighbours and relatives no longer quite so reliable . . .

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‘I absolutely raced through it . . . a pacy and hugely satisfying thriller. Highly recommended’ KARIN SLAUGHTER

''A modern master of the psychological thriller'' STEVE CAVANAGH, bestselling author of Fifty Fifty and The Accomplice

''The queen of page-turners'' ANDREA MARA, bestselling author of No One Saw a Thing

''I loved this book... I had narrowed it down to three characters and of course I was wrong on all counts!'' LIZ NUGENT, bestselling author of Unravelling Oliver

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Shari Lapena, No.1 Sunday Times bestseller, April 2024

• | Author: Shari Lapena
• | Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jul 17, 2025
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780857506191
• | ISBN-10: 0857506196