4.5 Stars from me
I’ve been blessed with reading a run of really good psychological thrillers lately, and The New Neighbours was another outstanding example of this field.
I already had high hopes having read and enjoyed The Wrong Sister and The Couple at No 9 by the same author.
Main character Lena was someone I wasn’t sure I’d like to start with but she grew on me as the book went on and I found myself rooting for her and admiring her bravery as the book went on. She’d been through enough already to be honest so hats off to her for not turning a blind eye to the odd behaviours of the new couple next door – as so many other characters in the story urged her to do.
The story unfolded fabulously, just when I thought the main ‘thing’ had been revealed, there was more for poor Lena to contend with! The Morgan’s were also great characters – to get to know and then to try and understand what the truth behind their situation might be.
Hats off to Claire Douglas for another brilliant psychological thriller – and I look forward to reading whatever messed up tale she dreams up next!
My thanks to the author, Penguin Random House and Netgalley for an ARC in return for an honest review.
Blurb: When Lena overhears a conversation between her next-door-neighbours she thinks she must have misheard. After all, the Morgans are a kind, retired couple who have moved to a suburban street in Bristol where nothing ever happens. But it sounded like they were planning a crime.
Her family and friends tell her that she’s made a mistake.
Yet Lena can’t stop thinking about it.
Because what if they are about to do something terrible?
What if she can prevent it?
And what if, in doing so, it might help ease her conscience about her own dark past . . .
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