The New Neighbor: A Novel

By: Karen Cleveland

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Synopsis: Secrets, jealousy, and paranoia collide when a seemingly perfect new family moves into a neighborhood with ties to the CIA in this gripping thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Need to Know.&“Karen Cleveland ingeniously melds domestic intrigue with the lightning pace of a spy thriller, showing us the devastating personal costs of intelligence work.&”—Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of Listen to MeIdyllic neighborhood, perfect family, meaningful career. CIA analyst Beth Bradford has it all—Until she doesn&’t. Now, facing an empty nest and a broken marriage, Beth is moving from the cul-de-sac she&’s long called home, and the CIA is removing her from the case that&’s long been hers: tracking an elusive Iranian intelligence agent known as The Neighbor. Madeline Sterling moves into Beth&’s old house. She has what Beth once had: an adoring husband, three beautiful young children, and the close-knit group of neighbors on the block. Now she has it all. And Beth—who can&’t stop watching the woman stepping in to her old life—thinks the new neighbor has something else too: ties to Iranian intelligence. Is Beth just jealous? Paranoid? Or is something more at play? After all, most of the families on the cul-de-sac have some tie to the CIA. They&’re all keeping secrets. And they all know more about their neighbors than they should. It would be the perfect place to insert a spy—unless one was there all along.