Neighborhood Watch

by David Jester

"Destined to have readers squirming in their seats. Terrifying from beginning to end." —Willow Rose, international bestselling author of the Emma Frost series, on  The Clinic

Abi Ansel is not the most confident woman in the world; in fact, she might be the least. She’s a perpetually anxious, constantly awkward woman with nervousness in her blood. She is unlucky in love, and everything else, but she’s trying her best to change that.

The problem is that every new boyfriend makes life that much harder, and every new date sends her one step closer to giving up on men altogether. And in Robert Marlowe, a blind date who is as awkward as she is, Abi may have finally gone one man too far.

After a sweaty, awkward encounter with the wide-eyed, nervous hopeful, Abi’s life changes forever. She discovers that Robert is her new next-door neighbor—his beaming, hopeful grin waiting for her every morning and every night. If that wasn’t weird enough, she suspects that he’s spying on her, that he’s up to no good late at night, and that he’s behind the gruesome murders gripping her small town.

Abi is scared. The police won’t help, her grandmother, whom she lives with, is oblivious, and she doesn’t have anyone else to turn to.

But not everything is as it seems, and there is something even darker and more insidious at play that Abi never saw coming.

Neighborhood Watch is a comically dark thriller filled with unexpected twists and turns.

240 pages, Paperback

First published June 20, 2023

About the author

David Jester is a novelist and short story writer living in the North East of England. His books include the comedy, An Idiot in Love, and the gruesome horror, This Is How You Die.

He is published by Skyhorse Publishing and represented by Peter Beren.

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great mystery book that, in the end, grabs you. I never got this till the end. Well written book.

[Allie Kane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whoa, whoa, whoa!! Definitely did NOT see the twist at the end of this one. You think you know who the killer is but then NOPE guess again. Then you get a 1-2 punch in the last few seconds of the audiobook that you didn’t know you needed/wanted/expected. The narrator was great! Definitely go do yourself a favor and go read/take a listen!

[💜 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Man this was way too obvious to me. It was good but eh

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fast-paced, exciting, plot that kept me guessing. 3.5 stars, rounded up.

THE GOOD: Characters kept me occupied, dialogue was good, and the plot was terrific. Lots of guessing, didn’t figure it out until just before the big reveal. Well-executed.

THE BAD: I felt like it needed another pass by an editor. There were some inconsistencies that muddied the story. Could have kicked this up from a 3.5 to a 4.5.

WOULD I REREAD? I feel like I have to! So much here that I may see differently, knowing the solution.

[Deonte' · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had to flip back a few times to make sure I a keeping up with all the different characters. The ending was a great surprise.

[Maya Azar · Rating 3 out of 5]

it had potential but the execution was unforgivable!!! the plot twist was obvious halfway through the book and also omg the spoon feeding at the end!???? characters talking about everything they already know to each other with specific details only for us readers to grasp the twist in case somehow we’re stupid enough to not understand until the end. and don’t get me started with the detective. I don’t want to even mention how dumb the whole prologue was.
wasted potential all the way through