I have the pleasure checking out a brand new thriller this week. I’ve been reading and reviewing a lot of them the past month and I have to say that I’m enjoying the twisted minds of these great authors.
What I am sharing with you today is the first novel I have read by this author although I have heard of him prior. So I was very excited to be able to dive into this crazy book. Here are my thoughts.
The New Neighbors by Simon Lelic
Publisher: Berkley (April 10, 2018)
ISBN-13: 978-0451490452
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?
Review of The New Neighbors by Simon Lelic
This is a crazy book. I don’t really have any other words to describe it accurately. The subject matter is very ho-hum until you start getting into issues. But then you start to wonder, who’s issues are they?
What you think you know it’s really not what you know. Nothing is really what it seems. The author combines a little creep with plenty of thrills to keep us on our toes.
This book was written in a very interesting manner. From dual points of view, it is a snapshot of the occurrences that are happening to the main characters in their brand new home and the fallout in their life.
Written much like a journal, in a few spots it was difficult to follow. Time seem to jump. The story went from him to her and you thought you were lost until you continue reading and realized that everything was coming together.
Keeping the reader a little off-center made this story so believable. Twisted minds and not knowing whether who to believe or not to believe. Thinking the story was about one thing when in actuality it was something completely different. The New Neighbors is an amazing, twisted ride.
The ending, of course, brought it all together and while I love knowing the “whodunit”, I think I almost wish the author would have kept that a secret and left us wondering. I think it made me lose a little respect for the characters involved. But then again, I do completely understand why.
This book is loaded with plenty of mind twists and turns. You definitely want to pick it up on a rainy cozy weekend and get lost in it. But make sure your doors are locked, just in case.
Fair warning… this book does include emotional triggers for some.
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17 thoughts on “The New Neighbors by Simon Lelic: Review”
Interesting book I would love to read
This is the author’s first psychological thriller. Sounds like my kind of book!
The author’s novel The House sounds good to me!
Would love to read this book. thanks for the chance to win.
i learned that the author loves stephen king and alfred hitchcock, two of my favorites.
the house looks good too
Simon Lelic is a former journalist and the author of the award-winning A Thousand Cuts as well as the critically acclaimed The Facility and The Child Who.
“The Child Who” intrigues me!
A THOUSAND CUTS SOUNDS LIKE GOOD READING TO ME.
I have never heard of this author. I have an obsession with London and mysterious. I’ll need to check this author other books out. he is a fan of Hitchcock and King.
She was a jounalist!
I would enjoy The Facility.
I would also like to read his book The Facility.
The House sounds good
I would also like to read “THE CHILD WHO”.
I would like to read The House.
I learned the author also loves Stephen King. He is also one of my favorites.