This was such a good story. It really sucked me in. Thank you NetGalley for this advanced copy of this book.

This is a thriller. This book had too many twists in my opinion. I just didn’t connect with the plot or the characters. It just wasn’t for me, it took me forever to finish, which is unusual for a thriller. But just remember not every book is for everybody.

The New Neighbor by Karen Cleveland introduces us to Beth a highly accomplished intelligence officer for the CIA. Recently empty nesters and downsizing, Beth finds her husband is not coming to the new home with her. Then she finds out she has been marginalized to a new position without security clearance. As she mourns her life changes she becomes even more obsessed with the woman who has moved into her old home, Madeline. Is she just sad and lonely or is there more to the secrets and behavior she uncovers? I enjoyed the twists and turns in this story and would highly recommend it. I received an ARC of this book, all opinions are my own.

This is a thriller like I haven’t read in a long time. Karen Cleveland weaves a story like a roller coaster ride that doesn’t end with twists and turns that you hate AND love!!! I read this book in one sitting and will now be looking for her other books! Thank you Netgalley for the copy of this book to read and review.

Kept me guessing till the very end!! One shocking plot twist after another.
Not predictable! Great thriller

Cat and mouse story with an ending I never saw coming! Just when you think you’ve got it figured out you don’t! Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advanced copy,

I received this book as an ARC and this is my review. I really enjoyed this unusual spy story - it is rather like a game of cat and mouse or musical spies. I love flawed characters and they are rampant in this story! It is fairly impossible to pick the ultimate bad guy - or girl. I totally recommend this book to readers who enjoy a creepy thriller with twists and surprises throughout.

This book follow CIA agent Beth, who is currently moving out of her house after her children move out and she's divorced. She is taken off her latest case of finding an Iranian Intelligence called THE NEIGHBOR. Madeline moves into Beth's house, and quickly following Beth starts to believe that Madeline has ties to the Iranian intelligence. I loved that this book had an unreliable narrator, and you are not sure if Beth is right, or if she's just jealous and trying to ruin another woman's perfect life. This book had SO many twists up until the very ending and that truly kept me on my toes and I kept reading because I HAD to know who the neighbor was. Overall, a great slow burn mystery.

The beginning was a little slow for my liking, but once it picked up, I couldn't stop reading! I thought I had The New Neighbor pinpointed but boy was I wrong. This is my first book by this author and I'll definitely be reading more from her!

Beth Bradford has it all, the perfect house in the perfect neighborhood, perfect family, perfect job, and all of a sudden it all comes to an end. Her last child moves to college, her husband asks for a divorce, they sell their home, and she is downgraded at work. While the new person that moves into her house now seems to have all that Beth has lost. She continues to work on her case that she was taken off of at work. Did she really know her old neighbors, or is she starting to imagine things?

This is a good story with many twists and turns to keep your attention. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC in return for my honest review.

The New Neighbor is quite the cat and mouse game with surprising twists and turns, oh my! Great story, thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you @NetGalley@BallantineBooks@TheNewNeighbor

The new neighbor everyone always wonders who’s going to move in and they hope for a nice good new neighbor. You have to read this to find out just exactly who moved it and can they be trusted?!

The majority of the characters in this book live in one cul-de-sac. How well do you actually know your neighbors? Beth works for the CIA. She has been searching for someone referred to as The Neighbor for many years. At the beginning of the book, her son is graduating from high school and leaving home to attend college. Her husband tells her that their marriage is over and he’s moving out. She goes into work and is told she’s no longer on this case. She’s transferred to a different job. She doesn’t stop her investigation. There are many twists to the story. Towards the end of the book, I felt that too many different people were suspected of being The Neighbor.
I appreciate receiving the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This is the first book I've read by this author, but now I can't wait to read her other books! I couldn't put this fun read down and read it in a day! The New Neighbor will keeps readers in suspense and make one wonder how well do ANY of us really know our neighbors! It was twisty and although I caught on to about half of the twists, the surprises kept me intrigued. Beth works for the CIA and finds herself in a midlife-crisis--losing her position at work to a demotion, her last child leaves the nest for college as the family home is downsized, and her husband announces he's unhappy in their marriage. She begins to unravel as she notices possibly sinister occurrences in her previous home's cul-de-sac and wonders about her best friend's (also previous neighbor) truthfulness and loyalty. Everyone just thinks Beth is over-stressed and seeing "evidence" that doesn't truly exits, so it is up to her alone, to prove them all wrong.

My brain is spinning from this story. This is my first book that I have read from Karen Cleveland, and I will definitely be looking into others of hers to read next! I really liked the storyline and character developments we got to see with the author’s knowledge of being former CIA. It was a slow burn for me to begin with, and took me a little while to really get into it, but the ending made up for that for me. A solid 4/5 star read for me! Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group- Ballantine for the ARC of this book!

If you love twists and turns thus one is fiord you. So many twists I could barely keep, but I loved it. Fast paced and well written. I will definitely be reading more of this author’s work.

This is my first book by Karen Cleveland, but it will not be my last. Although I felt it started off a little slow, once it got going it turned into a page turner. It’s a spy thriller that had me constantly questioning characters and their motives. I always love it when a book has me change my mind multiple times as to “who done it”. I believe the author’s history with the CIA definitely came into play, making it a believable story. I just wish the main character’s son had gone to VT rather than UVA – go Hokies!

Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for gifting me with an advanced copy to read and review.

I can never get enough of Karen Cleveland. The New Neighbor was really fast paced and I flew through it. The twists and turns definitely kept me interested and the ending was satisfying. 4 stars

Beth's last child has left home and her marriage is over. She is CIA and is being removed from the case she has investigated for 15 years. However before she leaves sees a clue that has her questioning the person who bought her house. No one will listen so she begins her own investigation. This takes us down a twisty path of intrigue, suspicion and paranoia. I enjoyed every minute of it. I love psychological thrillers that having me questioning everything and suspecting everyone. This is my first book by Karen Cleveland and definitely will not be my last.

Thank you to Net Galley for providing an ARC of this book. I liked the mix of thirller and domestic drama. The premise is that the main character, Beth, is a CIA agent searching for The Neighbor, who is a spy. The synoposis insinuates that it may be one of her neighbors. So, from the beginning I had a feeling that Beth was going to suspect each one of her neighbors at different points, which is exactly what happened. While it was intriquing, and it did keep me guessing, I felt it was a little overdone and predictable.

I was totally able to relate to Beth's sadness and nostalgia after her youngest child leaves for college. Her recollections of her their family in the early years pulled at my heartstrings. However, I found the relationship between Beth and her husband unbelievable. I feel like the author didn't give the reader a true depiction of their marriage and why it fell apart. Morever, she really didn't seem that upset about it.

I was ultimately surprised by the ending, but felt like it ended a bit quickly without a full resolution I enjoyed the opportunity to read an author I've never read before. Although I didn't totally love this one, I will definitely read another of Karen Clevelands books.