A Nearly Normal Family

A Gripping, Page-turning Thriller with a Shocking Twist - now a major Netflix TV series

De: M. T. Edvardsson, Rachel Wilson-Broyles - translator

Narrado por: Emily Watson, Georgia Maguire, Richard Armitage

Read by Emily Watson (Small Things Like These), Richard Armitage (The Hobbit), and Georgia Maguire.


The worldwide bestseller, over half a million copies sold. A Nearly Normal Family is the stunning psychological thriller from M. T. Edvardsson, which asks what would a parent do if their child was suspected of murder, and just how far they’d go to protect them . . .

'A deceptive and riveting novel' – Karin Slaughter, author of Girl, Forgotten

One night, eighteen-year-old Stella comes home late. The next morning she is accused of murder.

As parents Adam and Ulrika deal with the fallout and try to protect their daughter, they must search out the truth – but how much do they really know about their daughter?

Told from three viewpoints – father, mother and daughter – but who is telling the truth? Perfect for fans of A. J. Finn’s The Woman in the Window or J. P. Delaney’s The Girl Before.

'An absolutely fantastic read' – Jo Spain, author of Don't Look Back

'An utterly compelling premise . . . a layered, intelligent novel' – Fiona Cummins, author of Into the Dark

'A canny, intensely suspenseful legal thriller' – Scott Turow, author of Suspect

'I couldn't go to bed until I finished it. Effortlessly brilliant' – Sandie Jones, author of The Other Woman

'I couldn't put it down' – Michelle Frances, author of The Girlfriend

'An unsettling page turner. Highly Recommended' – Adam Hamdy, author of White Fire

Reseñas de la Crítica

A deceptive and riveting novel. A Nearly Normal Family will make you question everything you know about those closest to you (Karin Slaughter, author of eighteen international bestsellers)

Tore through this in a matter of days! Deadly secrets, divided loyalties and a dysfunctional family under unbearable strain as layer of deceit are peeled away one by one. A cracking read! (T M Logan)

An utterly compelling premise with wonderful writing. The characters . . . are so achingly real that one holds one’s breath with them. This is a layered, intelligent novel that will force any parent to consider exactly how far they would go to protect their child (Fiona Cummins)

A canny, intensely suspenseful legal thriller (Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent and Testimony)

An absolutely fantastic read (Jo Spain, author of The Confession)

Taut page-turner *****

I couldn’t go to bed until I finished it. Effortlessly brilliant (Sandie Jones, author of The Other Woman)

Any parent . . . and every teenager . . . will be gripped by this book. I couldn’t put it down and the author skillfully keeps you guessing until the very last line (Michelle Frances, number one bestselling author of The Girlfriend)

An unsettling page-turner that kept me guessing to the very end . . . masterful use of perspective as he chronicles a family living with the consequences of the teenage daughter’s arrest for murder. Great storytelling. Highly recommended (Adam Hamdy, author of the Pendulum trilogy)

Page-turner . . . peels away the compromises we make with ourselves to be the people we believe our beloveds expect, revealing just how flimsy those pretenses can be (One of the top seven thrillers for the summer)

A compulsively readable tour de force

Edvardsson ably weaves themes of parental guilt and sacrifice into a nuanced family drama

An intense legal thriller that successfully plays realistic, gripping emotion against a shocking legal twist

A propulsive thriller and delivers an ultra-satisfying read that’s far from ordinary

A brilliant and clever story

Riveting Psychological Thriller

Highly recommended.

I found 'A Nearly Normal Family' because the NYT recommended it as one of the best summer reads. I wasn't disappointed. As a parent, it's a chilling read. We think we know our kids and we believe our lives are normal, but truth is subjective, isn't it? Loved the story. And the narration is excellent.

Rather slow moving

On the positive side this is a believable story with credible characters, many of whom are unlikeable! The slow revelation of each character’s personality is well done. The author manages to swing our sympathies by presenting each character’s point of view in different chapters. However I found it extremely slow moving, and increased the narration speed to 2x.
The narrators are excellent, with the exception of the female narrator’s odd pronunciation of ‘book’ as ‘berk’ and ‘good’ as ‘gerd’.