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WHAT THE NEIGHBORS SAW
Melissa Adelman
St. Martin’s Press | Minotaur Books
Publication Date: June 20th, 2023
304 Pages
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This book is described as Desperate Housewives meets The Couple Next Door and that’s pretty spot on. There is lots of drama in this neighbourhood (and between these pages) with twists a plenty. This is a case of keeping up with the Joneses and be careful what you wish for. Alexis and her husband have bought a fixer-upper in an affluent D.C. neighbourhood and they desperately want to fit in but have a hard time doing so.
The story is very engaging and I loved the dual perspectives of Alexis and Blair. The best thing about this book is everything is wonderfully secret until the very end plus the plot line wasn’t too out there. The author’s characterization was wonderful as I could clearly picture each character (and there are many) in my head. It was a bit of a slow burn at the start and nothing really exciting happens until about halfway through. But if you’re patient this one is a decent domestic suspense with a murder mystery thrown in!
I have been to Alexandria, Virginia many times and am familiar with the area where this story takes place. so it was pretty neat to be taken back there again through this story. Melissa Adelman writes a pretty satisfying debut and I look forward to what she comes up with next.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the Advance Readers Copy.
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