A young couple moves into their dream home in their dream neighborhood, sure the house needs a bit of work, but it could all be so perfect. Not long after moving in, one of the next door neighbors is found dead on a nearby trail and it's a homicide. Who did it and why? Some of the neighbors seem a little shady - maybe this neighborhood isn't so perfect???

I LOVED this book! It sucked me in right from the start and I didn't see the ending coming. This one deserves a spot on your TBR list for sure. Five stars!!!

Alexis and her husband Sam purchased a Cape Cod house in need of some TLC in an exclusive DC neighborhood. Their interesting and glamorous neighbors welcome them with open arms. They feel as if they have finally arrived. Sam is on the cusp of making partner at his law firm and they are growing their family.

This is not Mr. Rogers neighborhood!

Their neighbor, Teddy is found dead, the police are investigating and trying to find his killer. The perfect neighborhood is left reeling and shocked.

How well do you know those in your life? How well do you know your neighbors? Who would want to kill Teddy?

I had both the book and audiobook versions of this book. I was intrigued by the blurb: "Desperate Housewives meets The Couple Next Door in a chilling story of murder and intrigue set in a well-to-do DC suburb." This drew me in. But Desperate Housewives wasn't slow. This book is a slow burn, and I am not the slow burn kinda girl. I love my books to grab me from the beginning. This one dragged for me. The second half of the book was better than the first, but it wasn't until the last 15% that I was fully invested in the plot.

This book has secrets, lies, deception and murder! It was enjoyable but a slow a burn for me. I can't fault the writing, but I struggled with the slowness of the book. Things do come together in the end in a satisfying way. That was enjoyable.

I was excited for this book, but it just didn't cut it for me. I DNF it at 15%. If you like domestic thrillers with horrible rich people then this book is for you!

I love how this starts. I ended up with my house the same way. It was/is the oldest house in the entire area. I love that Blair is so awful.
I love that they are all awful.
They all have nannies and house cleaners but they don't have little porch cameras?
The main couple is fighting over putting in a pool. I love it.
I had a good time listening to this. I LOVED the narrators.

3 stars

Alexis and Blair star in this domestic thriller (which involves more mystery than thrills) as neighbors in a fairly swanky suburb. Blair feels like she belongs in this place and has the social clout to prove it, but her whole life is thrown off balance when (early on) her husband is found dead under potentially mysterious circumstances. Alexis is new in town and suffering from an intense case of conspicuous consumption, along with her husband, who is awful. From the jump, readers may wish - especially for her sake - that he had been the one to meet an untimely end instead.

This is a slow burn filled with details about interior design, which at times become distracting. Many of us watch Nancy Meyers's movies more for the kitchen aesthetics than any of the characterization or plot, and if that is your jam, this book is a scaled back version of the same concept. Alexis is obsessed with having the least appealing home on the block, and despite what this may do to their family's financial security, both she and her husband are willing to take some wild steps to make updates. And when they aren't making those updates, they are thinking and talking about them all the time. This created a sense of imbalance in my reading experience, especially in the first half of the novel.

These women are each coming into their friendship with their own baggage, and readers will be able to see the likely trajectory fairly early. That noted, there is a reveal about one of them that just weirded me out so much. When I think of this book, I'm certain this weird twist will be the main detail I recall. I'd have loved more suspense and a smarter, less gimmicky turn of events.

Despite my obvious misgivings, I did enjoy listening to this. The narrators of the audiobook keep it moving and engaging, even when the underlying material slows a bit. I'll be back for more from this author but with hopes for some different choices.

AH! OMG, I am so thankful to Minotaur Books, Macmillan Audio, Melissa Adelman, and NetGalley for granting me audiobook access and an advanced digital copy of What the Neighbors Saw, which is a messy take on a neighborhood that has nothing better to do with their time than to spy on their neighbors and be bitchy. There I said it. I did like this book, though, and I didn't see the twist coming at the end.

Alexis and her husband Sam are new to this hoity-toity DC suburb, buying the most-rundown house on the street, needing to pour thousands of dollars into it while already working overtime to afford it. Right after moving in, the husband of one of their neighbors is found brutally murdered. Still, his wife, Blaire, doesn't appear too distraught about it but continues to go about contributing to their rumor mill and being a newly widowed housewife.

Alexis seeks to comfort Blaire and ultimately gets a key into the gossip of the neighborhood, learning the ropes of who to steer clear of and who to get in with, but is she entering a sticky web of lies that means to hold her captive, or is Blaire on her team?

It turns out nobody is who they appear to be on the outside. What the Neighbors Saw hits shelves on June 20, 2023, and I can't wait.

This book was pretty anticlimactic for a thriller. The audio is fine, the narrator is not horrible but it also doesn’t give the usual thrilling feels that I usually get from thrillers.

I was very bored 20% into the book and can’t even tell you what’s happening of who the characters are other than some family just moved.

Another great debut to add to my 2023 list!

This propulsive read was addictive. I didn’t want to put it down. This is the perfect beach read, which I did…

What the Neighbors Saw was a book about a young couple moving into a fixer upper house in an affluent neighborhood. With one small child and a baby on the way, they have their work cut out for them with all the repairs the house needs.

Shortly after their move in, they become a family of four. Alexis is in over her head with Sam working all the time, but when a murder happens in the neighborhood, time stands still… for a moment.

Blair has just lost her husband, police are investigating his murder and she is fielding curious questions from the neighbors. When she and Alexis form a friendship, things really start to intensify. Meanwhile, Alexis is obsessed with learning more about her neighbors. Everyone has something to hide, including her…

This book was riveting, but I wanted more from the ultimate plot. I really enjoyed the story, without particularly caring for any of the characters. I enjoy when an author can do that. I will definitely be looking for more from this author!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.
Love domestic thrillers and this one did not disappoint. Set in a bizarre neighborhood in a fixer upper house. I kept wondering what was going to happen next and what the ending will be.
This one kept me guessing.
I read the regular book and also listened to the audio version.
Great job by narrator.

This one isn't going to be a super memorable read for me unfortunately. Fans of domestic suspense books in the vein of Shari Lapena may really enjoy this but it felt pretty formulaic to me. The audio narration was good by Hillary Huber and Sarah Hollis as we get to know the lives of different wives in this exclusive neighborhood of mainly wealthy families after one husband turns up brutally murdered. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for early digital and audio copies in exchange for my honest review! I was looking for more of a jaw-dropping twist or shocking ending.

4/5 stars

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the advanced listening copy!

Alexis and Sam have just bought as close to their dream house as they can possibly afford: a run-down cape cod home in an affluent DC suburb. As Alexis and Sam have an easier-than-expected time settling in to the rhythms of the neighborhood, they are shocked when Teddy — a successful father that lives across the street — is murdered on their well-loved running trail. Suddenly, their new home doesn’t feel quite as safe, and Alexis is left picking up the pieces of her crumbling marriage and Teddy’s widow, Blair’s grief. With everyone on edge, the neighbors are dredging up more secrets than they even knew were buried.

⭐️ This was a fun domestic/neighborhood thriller, full of drama and deceit. A classic whodunnit, there was no shortage of suspects. I really liked both of our main characters— Alexis and Blair — and the secrets they were keeping. I was truly shocked by the turn of events and, after multiple red herrings, was left genuinely surprised on multiple occasions. I always appreciate a story that connects the past to the present — it makes characters hold so much more depth — and I was glad that this story brought aspects of the past into the disorderly present. There were tons of facets to this neighborhood’s chaos and I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the twists and turns this seemingly-simple story will take.