The New Neighbor

Written by Carter Wilson

Narrated by Gary Bennett

In this chilling psychological thriller, Aidan Marlowe holds the winning Powerball numbers—but is today the best day of his life… or the worst?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Apr 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9781666535792

Carter Wilson

Carter Wilson is the USA Today and #1 Denver Post bestselling author of six critically acclaimed standalone psychological thrillers, as well as numerous short stories. An ITW Thriller Award finalist and a four-time winner of the Colorado Book Award, he has been honored by multiple starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Library Journal. He lives in Erie, Colorado, in a Victorian house that is spooky but isn't haunted... yet. For more information, visit CarterWilson.com.

Reviews for The New Neighbor

[huzeifav · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Dragged on forever! Way too painful. End was not worth the build up at all. Seriously by the time I was finally done, I have expected aliens or something that dramatic to show up. The author kept building and building and building the suspense and it was all just a let down. Don't waste your time.

[Austin Hixson · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

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The story begins with a man at the funeral of his dead wife. They are taking their time with the grave and so this man decides to walk away for a bit of alone time. He hears a chime from his phone. The lottery notification. When he reads the winning lottery numbers things soon change for this man.

Aidan decides to move his seven-year-old twins to a new town, a new neighbor after his world has just been turned upside down. His wife has died and he has gained a worthy amount of money. Soon after his arrival, he begins receiving mysterious notes and finds out that his new house has a dark history where an entire family disappeared.
I really feel like this story went to some very weird places ha-ha! However, I also thought the writing was sharp and engaging. The characters weren’t exactly the deepest and I wasn't the fondest of Aidan but still enough to be entertained. It stands to mention that Aidan in his grief (his multilevel grief spiked by guilt as it turns out) is something of an unreliable narrator, increasingly so as the novel progresses. Staying authentic to his Irish blood, he drinks too much, which muddles his existence.

I always enjoy short chapters and so Carter did and awesome job, each ending in the way that you simply have to read the next, the novel zooms by, the last third in a somewhat hallucinogenic state of uncertainty, but still there’s a nice plot twist in the end too.

[fredreeca · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Aidan lost his wife and won the lottery all in the same day. He decides to escape his old life and he buys a new home in a new city. After his family moves into the new house, strange letters start to arrive. Then the history of the house comes to light.This is a story in which I could have cared less about Aidan. This very seldom happens to me. But, he just did not click with my psyche, not one little bit. That being said…there was something about this story which kept me listening. And…I am glad I did. The ending is twisted! I saw it coming but I enjoyed the fall out!The narrator, Gary Bennett, did a very good job. Sometimes children’s voices are not done very well. But, he did a good job with Aidan’s children. That will always be a measuring stick for me. If you get the child’s voice wrong…I will dnf an audiobook in a flash.Need a good neighborhood thriller…THIS IS IT! Grab your copy today!I received this novel from the publisher for a honest review.

[rmarcin-630843 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Although it is a standalone book, I really think that you should read The Dead Husband first because many of the characters in this book are discussed in the previous book. If you don't, you will wonder about the mystery surrounding the Yates house. On the worst day of his life, Aidan Marlowe buries his wife, Holly. But then, he receives a text notifying him of the winning Powerball numbers -- his numbers. Determined to move away from Baltimore, where his wife is buried, he moves to Bury, NH to the Yates house, a house where the family mysteriously disappeared. When strange things start happening, and threatening letters are sent to Marlowe, he wonders if he did the right thing bringing his twins, Bo and Mags, to live here. People want his money and will harm him if he decides to leave. Everything comes to a tragic head and Marlowe needs to face some truths.