The Neighbors Are Watching

A Novel

By: Aggie Blum Thompson

From the "master of suburban scandal" (Samantha M. Bailey) comes a scandalous twisty thriller about obsession, betrayal, and the price of perfection

Just outside Washington D.C. sits Eastbrook, Bethesda — a leafy suburb with top schools, manicured lawns, and friendly neighbors. It’s not the kind of place where nannies are shot during robberies gone wrong. But like any picture-perfect neighborhood, it’s been easy to cover up the shadows and move on.

A year after the unsolved neighborhood murder, Caren, nearing fifty and staring down an empty nest, has one too many drinks at a graduation party and blacks out on her way home. At least, that’s what everyone says happened. Caren suspects she was drugged by someone. But who?

When Caren teams up with a new neighbor who is desperate to figure out who murdered his best friend last year, they start to uncover what Eastbrook has tried to forget. But in a place where appearances are everything, their search for the truth means not only shattering carefully built façades — but putting themselves squarely in the crosshairs of a killer.

Critic reviews

<p>"With rich parents behaving badly, kids gone wild, and a deadly cover-up, <i>The Neighbors Are Watching</i> is a meticulously plotted, one-sitting binge read. Nobody scratches the veneer off suburban respectability like Thompson. You won't look at your neighbors the same way again." <b>—K.T. Nguyen, Anthony Award-winning author of <i>You Know What You Did </i><br></b><br>Praise for Aggie Blum Thompson<br><br> "The master of suburban scandal." <b>—Samantha M. Bailey, <i>USA Today</i> and #1 national bestselling author of <i>Woman on the Edge</i></b><br><br> "A perceptive and beautifully assured piece of domestic noir." <b>—<i>The Washington Post </i>on <i>I Don't Forgive You<br><br> </i></b>“Riveting…a delicious dive into the world of wealth and privilege...I flew through this page-turner!” <b>―</b><b>Liv Constantine, internationally bestselling author on <i>Such a Lovely Family</i></b><br><br>"This is domestic suspense at its finest." <b>—<i>Publishers Weekly </i>(starred review) on <i>You Deserve to Know</i></b><br><br> "A must-buy for public libraries and perfect for fans of Adele Parks and Lisa Unger." <b>—<i>Library Journal</i> (starred review) on<i> You Deserve to Know</i></b><br><br> "Thompson initially creates a genial, sociable atmosphere that quickly turns dark, with steadily escalating tension, unexpected twists around every corner, revelations about how dark human nature can be, and an ending that is as shocking as it is shattering." <b><i>—Booklist </i>on <i>You Deserve to Know</i></b></p>