THOSE PEOPLE BY LOUISE CANDLISH starts out very innocently: small neighborhood in UK. Everyone knows everyone and everyone's business. People get along,for the most part. Its peaceful,quiet and typical until Darren and Jodie show up. Darren starts with destroying not only the favorite tree but a wall that's been there forever. Heavy metal music at all hours, and the cars. Darren is running a used car lot/ car repair out of his home. Both Darren and Jodie are foulmouth and Darren hate dogs and people. The neighborhood goes to hell in a handbasket from the moment they move in. The neighbors all agree , Darren and Jodie have to go,by hook or by crook. So when Darren turns up dead, the neighborhood has just one question,who was the brave soul to do the deed?
I like the way the book is set up. As each chapter starts you "hear"the comments of the person to the police and each chapter focuses on that character and his involvement. It works really well as the storyline goes. You get to hear the police interview and the flashbacks give the reader a plot detail. As for the plot detail it took me to the end of the book to figure out who done it because not only does the entire neighborhood have a motive but they have the good of the rest of the neighborhood behind them.
I received this book free from goodreads in exchange for an honest review.
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