Home Alone

In the same vein as Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, Shari Lapena’s new novel is a suspenseful tale of a missing person. The Couple Next Door follows Anne and Marco Conti’s desperate search for their baby girl after she’s abducted from her crib while they’re attending a next-door neighbour’s dinner party. Full of surprises, Lapena’s first thriller explores the secrets that a young couple keep—from the world, from themselves and from each other. — AK The Couple Next Door (Doubleday Canada) by Shari Lapena, $25.