A review by oddly
The New Neighbor by Leah Stewart
3.0
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This multi-faceted story is all about uncovering, secrets, and what we'll do to keep ours covered while digging other peoples' up.
While ninety-year-old Margaret is happy to live in seclusion, when a neighbor moves in across the lake, she begins to develop an unhealthy obsession with the woman and her small boy—Margaret is just sure Jennifer is hiding something and she's bound and determined to figure out what it is.
This book is a quiet, slow-burning, thoughtful, contained sort of thriller, but there are definitely surprises that you won't see coming and questions that will be left unanswered, which is true to life and often so much more interesting than an ending with a neatly tied bow.
This multi-faceted story is all about uncovering, secrets, and what we'll do to keep ours covered while digging other peoples' up.
While ninety-year-old Margaret is happy to live in seclusion, when a neighbor moves in across the lake, she begins to develop an unhealthy obsession with the woman and her small boy—Margaret is just sure Jennifer is hiding something and she's bound and determined to figure out what it is.
This book is a quiet, slow-burning, thoughtful, contained sort of thriller, but there are definitely surprises that you won't see coming and questions that will be left unanswered, which is true to life and often so much more interesting than an ending with a neatly tied bow.