The New Neighbor

A Novel

De: Karen Cleveland

Narrado por: Lisa Flanagan

Secrets, jealousy, and paranoia collide when a seemingly perfect new family moves into a neighborhood with ties to the CIA in this gripping thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Need to Know.

“Karen Cleveland ingeniously melds domestic intrigue with the lightning pace of a spy thriller, showing us the devastating personal costs of intelligence work.”—Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of Listen to Me

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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 block. 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, most of the families on the cul-de-sac have some tie to the CIA. They’re all keeping secrets. And they all know more about their neighbors than they should. It would be the perfect place to insert a spy—unless one was there all along.

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“Tighten your seatbelt and prepare for a roller coaster ride while confronting secrets, betrayal, long-term friendships in question; all while your life is in shambles, as you battle jealousy and/or paranoia. . . . Karen Cleveland cleverly mines her own experience as a CIA counterintelligence analyst to fashion an immersive and twisted tale with many red herrings and unexpected reveals. The gripping narrative boils over with menace, intrigue, suspense and escalates to a page-turning unexpected denouement.”—Mystery & Suspense Magazine

“Have you ever wondered if you have what it takes to be a spy? In The New Neighbor, former CIA analyst Karen Cleveland shows you how to find the security threat in lurking in your own backyard. Filled with CIA insights that only an insider would know and every trick in the analyst’s toolbox . . . a cunningly constructed puzzle box of a thriller.”—Alma Katsu, author of Red Widow

“Clever . . . The strong plot takes several convincing twists. . . . Cleveland consistently entertains.”—Publishers Weekly

“Satisfying twists . . . It’s clear that we never really know our neighbors”—Kirkus Reviews

Edge of your seat

Fast paced with lots of turns. Kept thinking I knew who had done it then another twist

stick with it

This is the second Karen Cleveland book I’ve read and I struggled a little bit in the beginning because the protagonist was so off putting. It is integral to the story however and keeps you guessing. The meat of the story was as engaging as her previous work and I look forward to reading more!

Engaging Listen

Although fiction, interesting insight into the inseparable complexity of a CIA employee’s personal and professional lives.

Meh...

Just meh 😕. it lasted too long to end the way it did. FBI, CIA, Secrets, lies and the obvious, it's not who you or anyone expected. I'm sure this happens in real life, but not shocked. The author has written better, I'm just mad I wasted my time on this book. well, on to the next one. #Book3of2022 #Bookworm #Whatsnext

Very intriguing!

At first I didn't think I would get into this, but as it went on I got into it. kept me interested. loved the narrator. she did a good job.

Exhausting

The tone of this book was exhausting. It kept you guessing but in a frustrating way.

Riveting

Can’t wait for Karen Cleveland to write her next book. Have devoured each one of hers within two or three days of purchase.

Heart stopping

Karen Cleveland has done it again. Woven together family and espionage in a way that stops readers in their tracks, horrified at what will come next. Unable to pause, even for a moment.

Spoiler Alert-

Beth is a CIA analyst in CID, until she’s pulled off the case she’s worked for years. The reason is unclear but, as this is Karen Cleveland, you can bet it’s family -related.
I was expecting a twist at the end, and I was still shocked.
Well done, Karen. Very well done.

Just ok

I listened to the whole book. Several times I started to give up. Pretty boring. The narrator was just ok also.

Cumbersome

The main character was exhausting to listen to. Could not even feel sympathy, felt more frustrated with her than anything else. Story dragged on and on.