The Neighbors Are Watching

By Aggie Blum Thompson

From the "master of suburban scandal" (Samantha M. Bailey) comes a scandalous twisty thriller about obsession, betrayal, and the price of perfection Just outside Washington, DC, sits Eastbrook, Bethesda—a leafy suburb with top schools, pristine landscapes, and perfect neighbors. It’s not the kind of place where nannies are killed during robberies gone wrong. And in this picture-perfect neighborhood, someone is desperate to plaster over the cracks in that façade. A year after the unsolved neighborhood murder, Caren, nearing fifty and staring down an empty nest, has one too many drinks at a graduation party and blacks out on her way home. At least, that’s what everyone says happened. Caren suspects she was drugged by someone. But who? When Caren teams up with a new neighbor who is obsessed with figuring out who murdered his best friend, they start to uncover what Eastbrook has tried to forget. But in a place where appearances are everything, their search for the truth means not only shattering carefully curated perfection — but putting themselves squarely in the crosshairs of a killer.

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Published Jun 30, 2026

400 pages

Average rating: 5.33

3 RATINGS

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Amy
4/10 stars
Thank you, NetGalley, for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

The Neighbors Are Watching by Aggie Blum Thompson is described as a domestic thriller that takes place in Bethesda, MD - a suburb just outside of DC. I didn’t find this to be be very suspenseful and was a little disappointed with the storyline resolution.

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Publication Date: June 30, 2026

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