The New Neighbors

by Simon Lelic Narrated by Adam Newington, Gemma Whelan

Overview

The Girl Before meets The Couple Next Door in a Hitchcockian thriller about a couple who moves into their dream neighborhood only to discover nothing is as it seems...

The perfect couple. The perfect house. The perfect crime.

Londoners Jack and Syd found their dream home: lots of space, a great location, and a friendly owner who wanted a young couple to have it.

Everything is exactly what they hoped for when they move in--except Jack makes a disturbing discovery in the attic, and Syd begins to wonder about the girl next door. And they each keep the other in the dark.

A mistake.

Because someone has just been killed outside their back door, and now the police are watching them.

This is their chance to prove they're innocent--or to get away with murder.

Whose story do you believe?

Editorial Reviews

JUNE 2018 - AudioFile

With their appealing British accents, narrators Adam Newington and Gemma Whelan convincingly portray young marrieds Jack and Sydney. In the beginning of Lelic's clever psychological thriller, the couple are almost giddy about finding a home they can afford in London. But their outlook turns darker as the eeriness of the house and the neighbors triggers a downturn of events that culminates with a corpse in their back alley. Lelic lets the mystery evolve slowly as Jack and Syd take turns writing sections of a report to the police to explain their innocence in the murder. Both narrators skillfully adjust pacing and intensity as suspicions threaten the couple's safety and marriage. This is a well-written, masterfully presented thriller with broad appeal. M.O.B. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

Publishers Weekly

02/26/2018
Dueling unreliable narrators drive this creepy psychological thriller from British author Lelic (The Facility). Married couple Jack and Sydney (aka Syd) have saved hard to buy a rundown London house, but they can barely afford it. From the beginning, Jack is bothered that the previous owner, a retiree who ran off to Australia to marry a woman he met on the internet, left behind all his junk, including a collection of stuffed birds. On the other hand, Syd “fell in love with the place right from the start.” A few weeks after they move in, Syd becomes intrigued by a mysterious neighbor, 13-year-old Elsie Payne, and Jack is unsettled to find a box of stuff a little girl would keep in the attic. Neither confides in the other about these developments. When someone is murdered just outside their house, the tension between them grows. That a dark past secret hangs over Jack and Syd gradually emerges. Readers expecting Gone Girl would do best to lower those expectations and just enjoy the intense ride. Agent: Caroline Wood, Felicity Bryan Associates (U.K.). (Apr.)

From the Publisher

Praise for The New Neighbors
 
“An intricate, powerful, and deeply unsettling thriller about the profound ways in which cruelty can change its survivors, and the creeping fear that nothing—not your home, not love, not even your own mind—is as rock-solid and impregnable as we all want to believe.”—Tana French, New York Times bestselling author of The Trespasser
 
“This terrifying thriller sent shivers through me!”—Jane Corry, author of My Husband's Wife
 
“A raw, tightly wound thrill ride, a nightmare scenario about a home purchase that goes horribly wrong. And then some. This is a fast-paced, intense, and creepy novel that you won't be able to put down until you reach the end.”—David Bell, bestselling author of Bring Her Home

“A masterpiece of duplicity, a psychological thriller of the highest order, in which the characters not only lie to each other and to everyone around them, they lie to themselves. With two highly unreliable narrators digging themselves deeper in every chapter, fans of he said/she said suspense will love this tense and gripping story. Highly recommended!”—Karen Dionne, author The Marsh King's Daughter

“This twisty tale steadily builds suspense.”—Good Housekeeping

“Lelic's latest is riveting enough to keep readers turning the pages as he leaves them guessing. Skillfully crafted, the intricate plot is filled with raw, honest emotion...this spellbinding thrill of a read will keep readers on the edge of their seats.”—RT Book Reviews

“The New Neighbors is about as difficult a book to put down as you can find...Simon Lelic’s writing is simply ingenious, and you will have to decide who’s the victim in this story.”—BookReporter.com

“A bundle of creepy chills...Read it.”—The Observer

“Deeply creepy...This clever, twisting plot, told in convincing voices, will haunt you in the very best way.”—Sunday Mirror

JUNE 2018 - AudioFile

With their appealing British accents, narrators Adam Newington and Gemma Whelan convincingly portray young marrieds Jack and Sydney. In the beginning of Lelic's clever psychological thriller, the couple are almost giddy about finding a home they can afford in London. But their outlook turns darker as the eeriness of the house and the neighbors triggers a downturn of events that culminates with a corpse in their back alley. Lelic lets the mystery evolve slowly as Jack and Syd take turns writing sections of a report to the police to explain their innocence in the murder. Both narrators skillfully adjust pacing and intensity as suspicions threaten the couple's safety and marriage. This is a well-written, masterfully presented thriller with broad appeal. M.O.B. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169267389
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	04/10/2018
Edition description:	Unabridged

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