02381cam a2200325 4500 936587322 TxAuBib 20230830120000.0 230210s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023002286 9781250876560 HRD 28.00 1250876567 HRD 28.00 TxAuBib Adelman, Melissa. What the neighbors saw [BOOK] : a novel / Melissa Adelman. 1st ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2023. 296 pages ; 25 cm. "Desperate Housewives meets The Couple Next Door in a chilling story of murder and intrigue set in a well-to-do DC suburb. Sometimes the darkest acts occur in the most beautiful houses... When Alexis and her husband Sam buy a neglected Cape Cod house in an exclusive DC suburb, they are ecstatic. Sam is on the cusp of making partner at his law firm, Alexis is pregnant with their second child, and their glamorous neighbors welcome the couple with open arms. Things are looking up, and Alexis believes she can finally leave her troubled past behind. But the neighborhood's picture-perfect image is shattered when their neighbor Teddy - a handsome, successful father of three - is found dead on the steep banks of the Potomac River. The community is shaken, and as the police struggle to identify and apprehend the killer, tension in the neighborhood mounts and long-buried secrets start to emerge. In the midst of the turmoil, Alexis takes comfort in her budding friendship with Teddy's beautiful and charismatic widow, Blair. But as the women grow closer, the neighborhood only becomes more divided. And when the unthinkable truth behind Teddy's murder is finally uncovered, both Blair and Alexis must reexamine their friendship and decide how far they are willing to go to preserve the lives they have so carefully constructed"-- 20230830. Female friendship Fiction. Married people Fiction. Neighbors Fiction. Fathers Crimes against Fiction. Murder Investigation Washington (D.C) Fiction. Secrecy Fiction. Washington (D.C) Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Mystery fiction.