In the tradition of Zoe Hellers What Was She Thinking Notes on a Scandal The New Neighbor is a darkly sophisticated novel about an old womans curiosity turned into a dangerous obsession as she becomes involved in her new neighbors complicated and cloaked lifeNinety-year-old Margaret Riley is content hiding from the world Stoic and independent she rarely leaves the Tennessee mountaintop where she lives finding comfort in the mystery novels that keep her company that is until she spots a woman whos moved into the long-empty house across the pond Jennifer Young is also looking to hide On the run from her old life she and her four-year-old son Milo have moved to a quiet town where no one from her past can find her In Jennifer Margaret sees both a potential companion in her loneliness and a mystery to be solved But Jennifer refuses to talk about herself her son his missing father or her past Frustrated Margaret crosses more and more boundaries in pursuit of the truth threatening to unravel the new life Jennifer has so painstakingly createdand reveal some secrets of her own.
