Wednesday, May 20, 2026

 The New Neighbors by Claire Douglas


We all overhear things sometimes, and sometimes those scraps of information might sound sinister when they are really just mundane.  Missing the nuance of the rest of the conversation we may think the worst.  Recently separated Lena has new neighbors.  They seem respectable, but are the Morgan's really who they appear to be?

Lena's son is using borrowed audio equipment to record night sounds for a school class, but his microphone picks up a conversation between the couple that worries Lena.  At first she turns it off because she is worried about invading their privacy, so only a part of their words are picked up, but they sound as though they are planning to harm someone and that it is not their first time doing so.

Lena leans into her best friend, her estranged husband, her son, and her son's new guitar tutor with her concerns.  

The psychological suspense keeps the pages moving quickly.  I read this in two days because I wanted to know if my predictions were correct.  My book club is discussing this next month and I am interested to see what other people's thoughts were.  This author is new to me, though I have noticed her name in posts from other readers.  Based on this book I would be interested in reading more books by Douglas.

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