{"title":"Shari Lapena","description":"Shari Lapena is the internationally bestselling author of eight thrillers, including The Couple Next Door, which have all been New York Times,  Sunday Times, and Globe and Mail bestsellers. Lapena's books have been sold in forty territories around the world. She lives on a farm outside Toronto. She Didn't See It Coming, her ninth thriller, is forthcoming.","products":[{"product_id":"she-didnt-see-it-coming-hardcover","title":"She Didn't See It Coming - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Stunning. Fiendishly plotted with whiplash twists and turns -- Shari Lapena is at the very top of her game here. 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