The Family Next Door- Sally Hepworth

                         New Author

If you like the idea of living in suburbia on a cul-de-sac and knowing everything about your neighbors then this book is for you.  Except ,  the neighbors only let you now what they want you to know. Especially not their secrets and they all have secrets,  dark, dark secrets.

I am really hit or miss with this Domestic Fiction Genre and this one just didn't do it for me.

Goodreads says::

The small suburb of Pleasant Court lives up to its name. It's the kind of place where everyone knows their neighbours, and children play in the street.

Isabelle Heatherington doesn't fit into this picture of family paradise. Husbandless and childless, she soon catches the attention of three Pleasant Court mothers.

But Ange, Fran and Essie have their own secrets to hide. Like the reason behind Ange's compulsion to control every aspect of her life. Or why Fran won't let her sweet, gentle husband near her new baby. Or why, three years ago, Essie took her daughter to the park - and returned home without her.

As their obsession with their new neighbour grows, the secrets of these three women begin to spread - and they'll soon find out that when you look at something too closely, you see things you never wanted to see.