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The moment I meet Anna at number 7, I immediately like her. But her husband is staring at me with a strange expression on his face. It sends a shiver down my spine. And then a few days later, Anna is gone…

The second I see the moving van, I rush outside. My husband tells me to give our new neighbours space, but I need to know who they are.

When I see Anna, I’m in awe. Despite the chaos of boxes, she is glamorous, with perfect hair and elegant clothes. But her husband, Fraser, makes me nervous. I can’t explain it, but I don’t trust him.

And when my doorbell camera detects movement in the night, I’m instantly awake. Our road is usually deathly quiet. As I watch, I see Fraser lifting a large bag into his car. And now, Anna has disappeared.

Fraser tells everyone she’s away visiting family, but Anna told me she didn’t have any, it’s why she wanted to make friends here. Then I remember the bruises I saw on her arms…

I am convinced Fraser killed his wife.

The police dismiss me, and my husband tells me to leave it, but I can’t. I have to know what happened to her. But when I uncover the secret hidden inside number 7, the truth is more dangerous than I ever imagined. And now I’m not sure I will make it out alive…

A gripping and page-turning thriller that will leave you on the edge of your seat. Packed with twists, this psychological thriller is perfect for fans of Freida McFadden’s The Housemaid, The Girl on the Train and Colleen Hoover’s Verity.

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Title:  The Secret at Number 7

Author:  Becca Day

Publisher:  Bookouture

Genre:   Psychological Thriller

Format:  Audio ALC and Kindle ARC

Narrators:  Daphne Kouma 

  and Melanie Crawley 

Length:  8 hrs 44 mins

No. of Pages:   306

Date of Publication:   September 18, 2025

My Rating:   4 Stars

MY THOUGHTS:

Miranda and her husband Lee live on Herring Road and have new neighbors. Miranda has two choices - to be friendly or to be nosy. She decides to take the high road. Accompanied by fellow neighbors Priya, Ellen and Beth, Miranda heads over to welcome them to the neighborhood. They meet both Anna and her husband Fraser, but things do not end there. While Anna seems welcoming, Fraser is the opposite.

While, yes, Miranda wanted to be friendly, nosiness won out. In fact, as she and Lee recently got a video doorbell, she has really loved a feature that she had been taking full advantage of. The doorbell has an alert system that Miranda finds thrilling. Its motion activated alert allows her to spy on her neighbors. She loves it and can’t wait to learn more about Anna and Fraser. In fact, she becomes over-involved when it comes to what she thinks she sees when she spies on them. 

This compelling read was brought to life by two narrators, Daphne Kouma and Melanie Crawley. With the narrators giving voice to Miranda and Anna, the story was very easy to follow. The intense story itself was fantastic, but the audiobook raised the bar even higher. No doubt there was a dark secret hidden, and as twist after twist was revealed, this book became an easy one-sitting audiobook experience. 

Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Becca Day lives in Surrey with her husband, two daughters and cocker spaniel. She studied acting at Guildford College and went on to start her own Murder Mystery theatre troup. It was this move that inspired her love of crime fiction, and when she sold the company she threw herself head first into crime writing. Her short fiction has won several prizes and The Girl Beyond The Gate is her first full-length novel. Aside from writing, she is also an avid reader and runs Reading Parties with fellow author William Shaw.

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