The Other Side of the Wall

By: Andrea Mara

Narrated by: Jessica Regan

When Sylvia looks out her bedroom window at night and sees a child face down in the pond next door, she races into her neighbour's garden. But the pond is empty, and no-one is answering the door.

Wondering if night feeds and sleep deprivation are getting to her, she hurriedly retreats. Besides, the fact that a local child has gone missing must be preying on her mind. Then, a week later, she hears the sound of a man crying through her bedroom wall.

The man living next door, Sam, has recently moved in. His wife and children are away for the summer and he joins them at weekends. Sylvia finds him friendly and helpful, yet she becomes increasingly uneasy about him.

Then Sylvia's little daughter wakes one night, screaming that there's a man in her room. This is followed by a series of bizarre disturbances in the house.

Sylvia's husband insists it's all in her mind, but she is certain it's not—there's something very wrong on the other side of the wall.

©2017 Andrea Mara (P)2025 W. F. Howes Ltd

Sneaky

The author always has an event in her stories that sneak up on you and it almost impossible to guess. Such a challenge! I love it!

Pretty good

This was not an amazing book, but it was pretty good. A bit on the slow side.

Chaos

Story was good however confusing as an audio. I lost track of characterizations until the last few chapters.

Not for me.

Maybe I'll give this book another go on another day, in another year or so. It was slow and confusing, and I struggled to stay interested.

Grateful for new narration

This is a new (2025) recording, replacing the edition that Audible used to carry. It had *horrendous* narration. I'd listened to every other Andrea Mara title, but the narration was so annoying that I couldn't finish it.

Having been able to finish it now...it's not that great. It's an early Mara book, written before she'd worked out her recipe for entertaining domestic thrillers like All Her Fault.