Shari Lapena worked as a lawyer and as an English teacher before turning to writing fiction.
She has written two award-winning literary novels, and her suspense debut, The Couple Next Door, was a New York Times and an international bestseller, as well as being one of Richard and Judy’s Book Club picks. USA Today said of the book: ‘It’s hard not to read to the end… the twists waiting there are gratifyingly clever.’
A Stranger in the House is her second thriller.