📖 Book Review ~ The New Neighbour by Valerie Keogh

Boldwood Books
2 March 2026

My thanks to the publisher for the copy of the book 

 

A quiet street holds deadly secrets...

Chloe Tomson wants a quiet life. A new home, a new street, and no more drama - she’s had more than her share. But the moment she steps in to help her elderly neighbour during a violent altercation, the peace she craves begins to crumble.

The street seems friendly at first. Until the questions start. Who exactly is Chloe? Why did she move here? And what really happened in the house she lives in before she arrived?

As some neighbours become friends and others become enemies, it isn’t always certain which is which. Because Chloe isn’t the only neighbour keeping secrets…and someone knows the truth about her past. Someone who wants her gone.

But as whispers turn to threats, Chloe realises she’s been here before. And last time, not everyone made it out alive…

📖 My Review..

Chloe Tomson is newly moved into the area and has good reasons for keeping a low profile. She has little enthusiasm for making friends with her new neighbours however, when Tilly, her elderly neighbour, is caught up in a violent argument, Chloe steps forward to help, with devastating consequences. What should have been a quiet place to live soon becomes riddled with problems and as Chloe’s story is revealed so we start to understand why she acts in the way that does. Always distrustful, always wary, always convinced that someone wishes her harm, Chloe soon get under your skin and even though there were times when I almost disliked her, such is the power of the writing that I really wanted her to get her life back in track.

The New Neighbour is another cracking good read from this talented author who knows how to keep the momentum of the story alive whilst at the same time keeping control of a narrative which twists and turns and throws up so many surprises I am constantly on the edge of my seat wondering whatever is going to happen next. As always, I race through these books in one sitting. Each one reads as a complete standalone and every one of her novels, so far, have taken me by surprise and leave me, at the end of the story, already looking forward to the next one.

Valerie Keogh is the internationally bestselling author of several psychological thrillers and crime series, most recently published by Bloodhound. She originally comes from Dublin but now lives in Wiltshire and worked as a nurse for many years. Her first thriller for Boldwood was published in August 2022.

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