Freya Sampson

NOSY NEIGHBORS


 

Nothing brings neighbors together like someone else’s secrets… At Shelley House, the walls have ears, and they’re attached to a ragtag duo of busybodies ready to pry, snoop, and generally annoy their neighbors into solving a crime.
 
Seventy-seven-year-old Dorothy Darling has lived in Shelley House longer than any of the other residents, and if you take their word for it, she’s as cantankerous as they come. But Dorothy has her reasons for spying. And none of them require justifying herself to Kat Bennett. 
 
Twenty-five-year-old Kat has never known a place where she felt truly at home, and crumbling Shelley House is no different. Her neighbors find her prickly and unapproachable, but beneath her tough exterior, Kat’s plagued by a guilty secret from her past.
 
When their apartments face demolition, sworn enemies Kat and Dorothy agree on just one thing: they must save their historic building. But when someone plays dirty—and one of the residents is viciously taken down—Dorothy and Kat seek justice. The police close the investigation too soon, leaving it up to the unlikely amateur sleuths—with a playful Jack Russell terrier at their side—to restore peace in their community.

 
 

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PRAISE

 
A fun and beautiful book about the devastating power secrets can have
on our lives and the many ways community can help you heal.”
— Mia P. Manansala, author of the Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Award–winning Arsenic and Adobo
Sampson delivers a lovely cozy crime mystery! A pair of
mismatched sleuths cleverly unites their mistrustful London
apartment building community in a story of found family that brims
over with warmth and charm.
— sherry Thomas, USA Today bestselling author of A Tempest at Sea
Readers of Sampson’s The Lost Ticket or The Last Chance Library will appreciate ths story of misunderstandings, guilty secrets and forgiveness.
— Library Joural
Nosy Neighbours is an utterly adorable novel filled with heart and mystery. Freya Sampson gets better and better
— clare Pooley, New York Times Bestseling author of The Authenticity project
A defty rendered story of friendship and community that would bring both a smile to your face and a tear to your eye.
— Hema Sukamar, author of Minor disturbances at grand life apartments
The tenants are as craft and charming as the house in this all’s-well-that-ends-well tale.
— Kirkus Reviews
Brimming with hope, heart and intrigue.
— Jessica Ryn, author of the imperfect art of caring
This warm and moving novel is layered with mystery, emotion, and heart as it explores powerful themes of guilt and community.
— India Holton, author of The Secret Service of Tea and Treason
A sweet, uplifting story that explores how a group of strangers can ultimately become a community—and perhaps solve a mystery or two along the way!
— Nikki Erlick, New York Times bestselling author of The Measure
A fun, heartwarming community caper, this book reminds us that while we can’t choose our neighbors, we often end up with exactly the ones we need—even if they infuriate us at first.
— Mikki Brammer, author of The Collected Regrets of Clover
 
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