Neighborhood Watch - Sarah Reida

Neighborhood Watch

By: Sarah Reida

Hardcover | 2 April 2024

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Oleander Court in Alpharetta, Georgia looks like a utopia, complete with identical McMansions and pruned lawns. The residents collecting their newspapers at the end of their drives similarly appear perfect. The beauty ends at the surface, however, with no one as they seem. Tripp, the cheery politician, always waves but won't lift a finger for a neighbor. Pam uses her position as the Homeowners Association president for petty revenge, gleefully issuing citations. Conner acts like a family man but has future plans involving a mistress. And so on and so forth. Money might be able to buy happiness, but it can't buy integrity or kindness.

Starting with a double murder, a killer sets their sights on the prestigious neighborhood, picking off the worst of the lot in spectacular fashion, and suddenly the residents' biggest problem is no longer the rising cost of Botox.

In the wake of the horror, several neighborhood ladies gravitate together as they attempt to identify the killer while seeking protection in numbers. Adelaide, the scrappy former trailer park resident has never attempted to be social, but she's willing to try for Ray, her best friend and outspoken lesbian with a dark secret. Soon-Li, cybersecurity firm owner, has a propensity for solving tangled problems. Helen, the elderly artist, is the neighborhood voyeur from behind her front porch trellis. And poor Laura, Oleander Court's "new money" resident, only wanted to fit in before someone decided to reduce her prospects for new friends.

As the bodies pile up and no one appears safe or clearly innocent, fleeing Oleander Court appears to be the best solution. But then an arrest within the group makes this impossible for some while testing the trust of others. Will the killings stop at cutting out the rot marring the beautiful neighborhood, or will they destroy Oleander Court entirely?

Told from the viewpoints of its diverse (in every sense of the word) cast of characters and the victims, Neighborhood Watch has an unreliable narrator aspect best appreciated in one night while curled up with a glass of Malbec.

Industry Reviews

"A fast pace and a strong ending... Immersive and compelling-this neighborhood's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to die there." -Kirkus Starred Review

"Fast-paced, compassionate, and hilarious, this [adult] debut from Sarah Reida grips from the first page and keeps the reader invested with every new chapter and every new character. A sharply written dissection of secrets, wealth and murder in the suburbs, its cast of compelling characters give the story its heart." -Amy Tector, author of the Dominion Archives Mysteries

"Neighborhood Watch is the best kind of crime novel: fun, fast-paced, and full of characters who have something to hide. You'll want to pour yourself a drink, settle in somewhere comfortable, and spend some time with the delightfully deceptive residents of Oleander Court. A wickedly entertaining read that takes readers back to Desperate Housewives in its prime." -Jill Orr, author of the Riley Ellison mystery series

"Sarah Reida is a fresh and invigorating voice in the thriller universe. Her [adult] debut novel, Neighborhood Watch, zings with mayhem and mischief. Prepare to be dazzled!" -Susan Walter, best-selling author of Good as Dead and Lie by the Pool

"A page-turning caricature of suburbia, Neighborhood Watch is Agatha Christie meets Desperate Housewives." -Sarah Langan, author of Good Neighbors and A Better World

"Reida captures the dark intensity and subversive hilarity of suburbia with a relatable cast of characters and a page-turning mystery. Neighborhood Watch will have readers looking around in their own neighborhoods and wondering what secrets are hidden behind the pristine picket fences." -Maureen Kilmer, author of Suburban Hell and Hex Education

"Neighbors are like family: you can't choose them but if you get the wrong set, they can sure as hell make your life difficult. The only thing the residents of Oleander Court have in common is that they were rich enough to buy a house there. Otherwise, the inhabitants of this chi-chi cul-de-sac are a diverse bunch, encompassing actors, artists, entrepreneurs, social-climbers, busy-bodies, crooked politicians, and adulterers.

Oh yes, in Neighborhood Watch, Sarah Reida has created a cast of characters you will love to hate. In this deliciously dark read, (Sarah Reida) combines the clever plotting of Gillian Flynn with Carl Hiaasen's gimlet eye for social absurdity. The snobbish neighbors of Oleander Court are so perfectly awful, you will be rooting for the killer from the very first page. If only you could work out who they are... Reida's skillful writing will keep you guessing till the very end.

I certainly hope there will be a sequel and a television series. Post-pandemic there can't be many of us who don't have at least one curtain-twitching neighbor we wouldn't like to see get their comic comeuppance." -C. J. Wray, author of The Excitements

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