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  Secrets, jealousy, and paranoia collide when a seemingly perfect new family moves into a neighborhood with ties to Langley in this gripping thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Need to Know. Idyllic neighborhood, perfect family, meaningful career. CIA analyst Beth Bradford has it all— Until she doesn’t. Now, facing an empty nest and a broken marriage, Beth is moving from the cul-de-sac she’s long called home, and the CIA is removing her from the case that’s long been hers: tracking an elusive Iranian intelligence agent known as The Neighbor. Madeline Sterling moves into Beth’s old house. She has what Beth once had: an adoring husband, three beautiful young children, and the close-knit group of neighbors on the cul-de-sac. Now she has it all. And Beth—who can’t stop watching the woman stepping in to her old life—thinks the new neighbor has something else too: ties to Iranian intelligence. Is Beth just jealous? Paranoid? Or is something more at play? After all, mo...

  The Last Guest by Tess Little My rating: 4 of 5 stars  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book was interesting. In a good way. It moved from the present to the past, from Elsie's POV. And I could never put my finger on which way this story was going. So I was never able to guess who did it. I still wasn't sure until the truth of what happened is revealed. And I found some truth to one character's theory about the evening. ​ Elspeth Bell is attending the fiftieth birthday party of her ex-husband. Richard Bryant a famous Hollywood director. So goes expecting to spend the evening with her daughter amongst all the guests. But when she arrives she finds out there are only seven other guests and an octopus named Persephone. As the evening wears on Elsie finds herself talking to old acquaintances and avoiding her ex's current partner. Every time she prepares to make an exit she's stopped by someone or something. She gives in and drinks more than she intended to and in the morning discovers alon...