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By: Pip Drysdale

Length: 11 hrs

Publisher's summary

In this glittering new psychological suspense novel from internationally bestselling author Pip Drysdale, a writer’s own thriller is brought chillingly to life when a stalker begins to reenact the events from her book.

Sometimes when your dreams come true, so do your nightmares...

When Zoe Ann Weiss moves to LA to pursue her dream of becoming a novelist, she welcomes the fault lines, the Santa Ana winds, and the magic hour light. Her whole future is wide open—until Zach, the bartender and aspiring actor she’s falling for, ghosts her, and her debut novel, a thriller, bombs.

Three years pass. Zach’s star rises—he’s on Netflix, on billboards, in every magazine—while hers falls. Now she’s working in a flower shop, still calling herself a writer while staring at a blinking cursor every night. But then she delivers flowers in one of LA’s most exclusive neighborhoods and...he’s there. Zach Hamilton. And it’s like no time has passed at all—the two pick up right where they left off.

It feels like fate, a love story for the ages—the kind of love you write about. Suddenly, Zoe’s writer’s block disappears. When photos of Zach and Zoe are leaked, her name ends up in the press and her novel goes viral online. Which all sounds fine in theory: at least now she’ll sell some books. Except the problem with everyone knowing her name is that everyone knows her name.

Including Zach’s stalker. A stalker who wants Zoe gone. A stalker who has read Zoe’s novel. A stalker who is now re-enacting everything that happened in that book, step by step, against her....

©2024 Pip Drysdale (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio

Critic reviews

“The Strangers we Know begins with a bang and doesn’t let up from there. Our heroine, Charlie, finds herself in a most awful predicament—she’s spotted her beloved husband, Oliver, on a dating app. And things only get worse from there. Pip Drysdale dabbles some wry humour into her wild-ride of a plot. Readers will fear and cheer for Charlie as life as she knew it unravels. A book I found impossible to put down!”
— AMY STUART, #1 bestselling author of A Death at the Party

“A relatable heroine, a riveting mystery, and plot twists that will make you gasp. I loved it.”
— ROBYN HARDING, bestselling author of The Drowning Woman and The Perfect Family

“Take a breath and then be prepared to hold it as you race through the pages of Pip Drysdale’s latest, The Next Girl. Propulsive and unexpected, this is a must-read for thriller fans!”
— KARMA BROWN, #1 nationally bestselling author of What Wild Women Do and Recipe for a Perfect Wife