You Must Be New Here

A Novel

De: Katie Sise

Narrado por: Erin Mallon, Vanessa Johansson, Caitlin Kelly, Dominique Franceschi

A friendship is put to the test when a young woman disappears from a quiet community in a dark and twisty novel of suspense by the bestselling author of Open House and The Vacation Rental.

Sloane Thompson has a daughter named Daisy, attends school activities with other parents, and even has an amicable relationship with her ex-husband. But after ten years in bucolic Sycamore Glen, Sloane has yet to find someone to call a true friend. Until Harper and Ben Wilson move in next door.

Harper is open, charismatic, and restless. She and Sloane quickly become confidantes and fall into a deep and intoxicating friendship. Then one afternoon, Daisy’s dependable babysitter, Margaret, fails to show. When texts from Margaret’s mother and boyfriend go unanswered, the inexplicable disappearance becomes a cause for alarm.

As anxious hours turn into days, suspicion grows. And tension tightens. As if something is about to snap. When it does, long-held secrets are revealed, and not everyone in Sycamore Glen is who they seem to be.

©2025 by Katie Sise. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“A pulse-pounding psychological thriller that will leave you breathless. In a claustrophobic suburban landscape that feels like a pressure cooker of secrets, Katie Sise masterfully unravels the dark undercurrents of human nature. You Must Be New Here is both deeply unsettling and impossible to put down.”—Kaira Rouda, USA Today, Amazon Charts, and international bestselling author of Jill Is Not Happy

Great read

Fabulous narration and a gripping story. There were so many different stories woven together. Can highly recommend.

Home run

Could not put this one down!! Though the twists were not exactly shocking, there were several very good red herrings that made the whole thing so enjoyable

Ugh. Men.

The story was interesting, the characters relatable in turns. May have enjoyed this story more, were it not for the narrator for Sloane. I found the timbre of her voice to be exceedingly pleasant, but the way she dragged out vowels and nose-breathed through the end of some of her words was truly distracting. I hate to be negative about someone’s voice, but this doesn’t feel like an attack on something she can change, but a stylistic choice she made that I found unfortunate at best and off-putting at worst.

Just ok

It was an ok story, lots of characters bouncing around. For me it was very easy to guess the reveal. The voice of Sadie’s character ruined the whole story for me though. I don’t know if the character was intentionally supposed to be like that or if it was just the narrator. But every word at the end of a sentence was drug out, and she talk like she was constantly being suspenseful. It was so distracting that I almost didn’t finish it.

Fun way the story was told

This totally held my attention. The characters were interesting and the author made me care about them. Lots of red herrings. Totally enjoyed.

Fine?

Just meh- very obvious red herring plot points and characters.
Like others the narrators weren’t my favorite. Clara was fine, Sloan’s made everything sound way more dramatic than it needed to be. Like every sentence needed to sound like something gripping was coming next when it just was a mundane thing. And the last narrator for Lucy…why did it sound like a bad AI rendering of someone with a slight Asian accent?… am I the only one that heard that? And she wasn’t Asian- or did I miss that and just hear “red hair” and assume she was a white chick 😂 it was such a weird voice.

Ok story, narration is annoying.

Sloane’s voice couldn’t be more annoying. Clara was fine, but I couldn’t get past the Sloane character’s voice.

best read this year

so full of surprises until the very end. suspenseful, gripping and will keep you wanting more.

Great book!!

I thought the book was very well written. I loved that the characters were likable and also dislikable. There were a few things I did not predict. A very easy read!

Something different!

The plot was great. The characters were all developed well. I thought it was a little beyond reality that neighbors would become so friendly in one week but I keep reminding myself, it is just a story! Once you can keep track of the characters, it’s a quick read. The narration was terrible! Much of it was read by people that sounded so deadpan, it could have been electronic voices. I had to double check that they were real narrators. It would have been a much more serious book with better narration!