The Wrong Family

Written by Tarryn Fisher

Narrated by Lauren Fortgang

From the wickedly dark mind of bestselling author Tarryn Fisher, The Wrong Family is a taut new thriller that’s riddled with twists in all the right places.

Have you ever been wrong about someone?

Juno was wrong about Winnie Crouch.

Before moving in with the Crouch family, Juno thought Winnie and her husband, Nigel, had the perfect marriage, the perfect son — the perfect life. Only now that she’s living in their beautiful house, she sees the cracks in the crumbling facade are too deep to ignore.

Still, she isn’t one to judge. After her grim diagnosis, the retired therapist simply wants a place to live out the rest of her days in peace. But that peace is shattered the day Juno overhears a chilling conversation between Winnie and Nigel...

She shouldn’t get involved.

She really shouldn’t.

But this could be her chance to make a few things right.

Because if you thought Juno doesn’t have a secret of her own, then you were wrong about her too.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperAudio
• Release date: Jan 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9781867228127

Tarryn Fisher

Tarryn Fisher is the #1 New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of fifteen novels. She is best known for her bestselling novels Never Never, The Wives and The Wrong Family. Born in South Africa, Tarryn now calls Seattle, Washington home, where she resides with her husband and children. She writes primarily in the romance, thriller, and new adult genres and specializes in writing villains.

Reviews for The Wrong Family

[livelylady · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A homeless woman, secretly inserting herself into the lives of a family she envies. She finds out that things are not as they seem. No “and they lived happily ever after” ending.

[simplykelina · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Slow and boring; horrible ending

[geauxgetlit · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was a slow burning book for me, as it started off rather slow, but then picked up towards the end!

The book was told by two POVs by the woman of the house and by the woman living in their apartment off the main house.

They woman living in the importance thought that their son, Sam, was not theirs! It was told in three different parts, and there are twists that I was not expecting!

What happens at the end was a huge twist, not to be expected at all!!

All in all I would recommend this book, even with the slow start!

[ellenh_28 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Not my favorite, but still liked it somewhat. Made my skin crawl to think of the possibilities here.

[flourgirl49 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I liked the concept of this story - a person secretly living in your house - but the execution of it? Not so much. This story is filled with thoroughly unlikable characters who seem to react to circumstances in bizarre, ridiculous ways. When everything finally blows up, the story really goes haywire. I'm going to read "The Wives" next, but after this fiasco, I'm not expecting much.

[juniestars · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Wow... Just wow. I couldn't put this down. I don't think I'll forget this story for awhile either. What a f*cked up story.

[shazjhb · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I did not like this book. Overly dramatic and terrible people

[jthierer_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The ending was definitely surprising...but unfortunately most of the "surprises" came because the action simply made no sense. I definitely am downgrading the rating from what I would have given based on the first half because the book just completely goes off the rails at the end. Like I'm not super clear what even happened off the rails.

[purple_pisces22 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Ummm...wow! I’m speechless. This book was freaking awesome. I couldn’t stop reading. I don’t even know if I can write a decent review right now because I’m so blown away.
I read a lot of “psychological thrillers” and sometimes things are just too predictable. Not the case here. I’ve only read The Wives by Ms. Fisher, and while I really enjoyed it, this one just worked for me. I love her writing style and maybe characters are not as deep as some are, but the quick story and constant twists more than make up for it, in my opinion.
Ok, I need to go digest what I’ve just read! Great way to move into the New Year!

[jrlibrary · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

WARNING! Spoilers!!!!I liked the interaction of events that made up the climax. I also appreciated the crawl space since our cottage had one and it was easy to visualize Juno vanishing into that dark interior. I wanted either more of an interaction between Sam and Juno or less of an interaction... but the way it was didn’t work for me. And I was left wondering... at what point did Juno realize she was wrong? I thought she had died not knowing until the sign revealed that she did know.

[rmarcin-630843 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Winnie and Nigel’s marriage is strained as a result of something Winnie did years earlier. Their son, Sam, doesn’t feel like he is really their son. Winnie’s twin brother, Dakota, is an alcoholic with serious issues. Enter a homeless woman, Juno, who was a psychologist in her previous life. Juno is secretly living in Winnie and Nigel’s house, and overhears snippets of their life. When Juno jumps to the wrong conclusion, she sets a dangerous situation in motion. This was an interesting concept- having a squatter in your house, observing all of your secrets, and creating a terrible situation. But, I didn’t care about any of the characters, they were all miserable. It was like watching a train wreck in slow motion. Thanks to Edelweiss+ for the ARC.

[alanteder · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Messed Up HouseReview of the Graydon House Books paperback edition released simultaneously with all other editions December 29, 2020This was a reasonably quick read with the main compelling issue being the author concealing the past mistakes (really crimes) of the protagonists until finally disclosing them late in the book. Until that time the early revelation is the gradual understanding of what is the character Juno doing inside the house of Winnie, Nigel and Sam (the twist in that was admittedly clever). Once that is revealed you are constantly thinking about how absurd that situation is and how can it possibly go on much longer. It all comes down to a rather crazed ending with a not very satisfactory resolution.

[brangwinn · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I have pondered how I want to write this review and decided less is more. Suffice it to say that this story which takes place in a home across the street from Greenlake in Seattle is a thriller unlike any I’ve read and kept me up late two nights reading it. There are a lot of people with BIG problems in this book and Fisher’s introduction to them in the first few chapters establishes that fact, but ow the people are connected is the story. I have a few quibbles, and I’m hoping they appear only in the galley. At one point, a homeless woman goes to King County Library. She lives in Seattle. She would go to the Seattle Public Library. Marymoor Park is also misspelled. Not a big deal, I agree, but if you are a local resident, it is an easily corrected mistake.

[fredamans · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

When I saw Tarryn had a new book coming out, I jumped at a chance to read it! I loved The Wives and hoped that I would love this book too!At the beginning, it took a minute to warm up but once it did... HOLY! It is so twisted!!Okay, no one on earth is going to think of this plot. It's unfathomable how a person can hide in another persons space for so long. It happens though in this story and you even end up buying it.Then this side twist plot comes along and kicks you right in the gut! BAM! Here I am, look at me!!I got sucked right in and before I knew it, it was over.I could cry now.Please hurry up and write another book! Yeah, you guys are gonna love this one... for real.