The Other Family: A Novel

Written by Wendy Corsi Staub

Narrated by Hillary Huber

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“Great psychological suspense with a wallop of a twist.” —Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author

New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub makes her trade paperback debut with a fast-paced thriller in the vein of Lisa Jewell’s The Family Upstairs and Megan Collins’ The Winter Sister. Here, a family making a fresh start moves into a house which was the site of an unsolved triple homicide—and are watched by an unknown person...

The watcher sees who you are...and knows what you did. 

It’s the perfect home for the perfect family: pretty Nora Howell, her handsome husband, their two teenage daughters, and lovable dog. As California transplants making a fresh start in Brooklyn, they expected to live in a shoebox, but the brownstone has a huge kitchen, lots of light, and a backyard. The catch: its previous residents were victims of a grisly triple homicide that remains unsolved.  

Soon, peculiar things begin happening. The pug is nosing around like a bloodhound. Nora unearths a long-hidden rusty box in the flowerbed. Oldest daughter Stacey, obsessed with the family murdered in their house, pokes into the bloody past and becomes convinced that a stranger is watching the house. Watching them.

She’s right. But one of the Howells will recognize his face. Because one of them has a secret that will blindside the others with a truth that lies shockingly close to home—and to this one’s terrifying history.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperAudio
• Release date: Feb 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9780063084629

Wendy Corsi Staub

USA Today and New York Times bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub is the award-winning author of more than seventy novels and has twice been nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. She lives in the New York City suburbs with her husband and their two children.

Reviews for The Other Family

[Olivia Allison · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a five star rated, read up until the very end. That is where it lost a star. Although the ending was good, it was lacking.

SPOILER ALERT:

Please do not read any further, unless you are prepared for some information about the book.
Now a more complete explanation of the loss of star. Based on character involvement and build up, I expected the other family to play a more pivotal role. The one mom who grew up in the area and knew the family, nothing came of that, even though she had memory problems. Why write in that she grew up there? Better to remove some filler content and elaborate on that or leave it out. Next is the relationship with the parents. I wish there was a reconciliation of facts so the father was not left in the dark, continuing to believe he was cheated on. Especially since Nora shared with Staci her past.

[Um Kulthum Mmari · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The story is brilliant. Just felt that the in-between tales of some characters was unnecessary and was expecting a better ending. Nonetheless I enjoyed the book.

[Karla Marsh · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

It was okay, too long...drug out forever and hated the ending.

[Faye Cook · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great book. Kept be guessing. Good narrator. I’ll be trying more of this authors books.