Prime member exclusive:
pick 2 free titles with trial.
Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases.
Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts.
Your Premium Plus plan will continue for $14.95 a month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.
The Girl Next Door  By  cover art

The Girl Next Door

By: Phoebe Morgan
Narrated by: Stephanie Racine,Imogen Wilde
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $15.81

Buy for $15.81

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's Summary

One little lie just became deadly....

Perfect mother. Perfect wife. Jane Goodwin has spent years building her picture-perfect life in the quiet town of Ashdon.

So when the girl next door, 16-year-old Clare Edwards, is found murdered, Jane knows she must first protect her family.

Every marriage has a few white lies and hers is no exception. Jane’s worked hard to cover up her dark secret from all those years ago – and she’ll do anything to keep it hidden....

©2019 Phoebe Morgan (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

"Skilfully plotted and with a twist I never saw coming...." (Cass Green, best-selling author of In a Cottage in a Wood)

"Tense, suspenseful and unsettling!" (Lisa Hall, best-selling author of Between You and Me)

"Utterly absorbing, I couldn't put this thrilling whodunnit down." (C.L. Taylor Sunday Times best-selling author of Strangers)

What listeners say about The Girl Next Door

Average Customer Ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    2
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    1
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    2
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

No Reviews are Available
Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for karenH
  • karenH
  • 03-28-19

A stunning twist !

a dark twisty tale which shows you can never be sure of how things may look on the outside.
A real shocker !

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Rae Radford
  • Rae Radford
  • 01-05-22

Wet weekend

Could have been so much more! Guessed whodunnit early on and suffered the rest. Great narration though.

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Miss M C Butler
  • Miss M C Butler
  • 09-13-21

A Page Turner

Kept me gripped until the end. Unravelled quite quickly towards the end but a very good page turner.

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Ann D
  • Ann D
  • 04-08-21

Brilliant!

This is well written, with strong characters and a gripping storyline. I’m surprised by the negative reviews. I guess some didn’t stick with it long enough for the story to develop. I loved it!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Louise Dartnall
  • Louise Dartnall
  • 01-26-21

Unpredictable

So many twists and turns, just when you think you know who done it, another twist happens!!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Andrea
  • Andrea
  • 01-14-21

loved it

So many twists and turns a true roller coaster of a novel will be looking out for more from Phoebe Morgan

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Judy Sutherland
  • Judy Sutherland
  • 01-11-21

Tense and gripping

Some surprises throughout, great small town character depiction - surprising end was a real plot twist!

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Katherine Tucker
  • Katherine Tucker
  • 11-24-20

Disappointing

So far I am 7 and a half hours in and bored out of my brain. I just keep waiting and waiting for something to happen. The murderer is very predictable and the young narrators voice is very good but she’s only a small part, whereas I don’t like the other narrator as I feel she comes across very cocky and thinks she’s superior so I don’t feel sorry for the character like I think your supposed to. Very disappointed so I wouldn’t waste your money on it.

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Sarah Mason
  • Sarah Mason
  • 04-16-20

Intriguing

This book was super hard to follow - very dark at times which I struggled with but didn't see the ending that came out of it at all... A lot of twists and turns

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Tracie Baldock
  • Tracie Baldock
  • 01-13-20

what a mission this is to finish

I really struggled to finish this, deciding to keep giving it a go even though it neither inspired me to read on or buy into the storyline and annoying main character. I simply couldnt justify wasting several hours already spent on it to give in.
the twist is not a twist I saw it coming a few hours into the story.
Sorry, not for me!

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Kiwijuls
  • Kiwijuls
  • 06-17-20

dont miss this

loved it! lots of twists...You really need to read this book. Phoebe Morgan is a great author.