Those People Next Door


 Contents
 
 Cover
 Praise
 Booklist
 About the Author
 Title Page
 Copyright
 Note to Readers
 Dedication
 Contents
 Part I
 
 Chapter 1
 Chapter 2
 Chapter 3
 Chapter 4
 Chapter 5
 Chapter 6
 Chapter 7
 Chapter 8
 Chapter 9
 Chapter 10
 Chapter 11
 Chapter 12
 
 Part II
 
 Chapter 13
 Chapter 14
 Chapter 15
 Chapter 16
 Chapter 17
 Chapter 18
 Chapter 19
 Chapter 20
 
 Part III
 
 Chapter 21
 Chapter 22
 Chapter 23
 
 Acknowledgements
 Extract
 
 Chapter One
 
 About the Publisher
 
 
 
 Guide
 
 Cover
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 Praise for Kia Abdullah
 ‘With razor-sharp insight into the lives of her characters, Kia Abdullah gives readers much more than a courtroom thriller’
 Christina Dalcher, Sunday Times bestselling author of VOX
 ‘Her writing style and tense courtroom descriptions are a masterpiece… This book landed unexpectedly on my desk, and I’m so grateful to have been introduced to Abdullah’s work. She writes with such intelligence, research and compassion that you feel safe in her hands as her words weave the story’
 Daily Record
 ‘Brilliantly tense, this is another clever page-turner from Kia Abdullah. A nightmare scenario evolves into an engrossing human drama that I couldn’t put down. Just superb’
 Louise Hare, This Lovely City
 ‘A stunning courtroom drama, taut, tantalising, deftly paced, with a denouement that will leave you reeling’
 Saga magazine
 ‘Intense, shocking and so real you can literally feel its heartbeat… the best book I’ve read this year’
 Lisa Hall, Between You and Me
 ‘An excellent and intelligent novel’
 The Literary Review
 ‘The court scenes are pacy and atmospheric, and there is more than one unexpected twist’
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 Also by Kia Abdullah
 Next of Kin
 Truth Be Told
 Take It Back
 
 
 
 KIA ABDULLAH is a bestselling author and travel writer. Her novels include Take It Back, a Guardian and Telegraph thriller of the year; Truth Be Told, which was shortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards; and Next of Kin, which was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award. Kia has also been selected for The Times Crime Club.
 Kia has written for The New York Times, the Guardian, the Financial Times, The Times and the BBC, and is the founder of Asian Booklist, a non-profit that advocates for diversity in publishing and helps readers discover new books by British Asian authors.
 For more information about Kia and her writing, visit her website at kiaabdullah.com, or follow her at @KiaAbdullah on Instagram and Twitter.