Nosy Neighbors

By: Freya Sampson

Narrated by: Sarah Lambie

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!

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.

©2024 Freya Sampson (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“Freya Sampson is a master at creating complicated, nuanced characters you care deeply about and Nosy Neighbors is no exception! While a mystery is the central engine of the book, the true story lies in the mundane lives of the residents of Shelley House and the pain each person carries within them. 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 unite their mistrustful London apartment building community in a story of found family that brims over with warmth and charm.”—USA Today bestselling author Sherry Thomas

“Nosy Neighbors is addictive reading. Freya Sampson has a wonderful talent for creating characters that feel vividly true to life, and it really shines here. This warm and moving novel is layered with mystery, emotion, and heart as it explores its powerful themes of guilt and community. I just know readers are going to love it as much as I do."—India Hilton, author of The Secret Service of Tea and Treason

Precious and entertaining story!

Loved the performance! The distinct voices made it so easy to follow the colorful cast of characters!

Great characters

A bit more swearing than we like but it was a fun and engaging story.

Wonderful cast of characters!

I really enjoyed this story! The characters are varied and quirky and endearing, for the most part. There are some bad apples in the group! The story really carries you along, and you feel very invested with what’s happening. I wish there were more!

The narrator was clear and non-invasive

I liked the English accent of the narrator. She spoke slowly so that I was able to speed the narrative up to my listening speed. This was a great mix of characters residing in a little village. I could picture them all.

One of the best

I laughed and I cried. The characters were amazing and I can't say enough about the narratetor. BRILLIANT

Fun summer read

I Liked this one, cute, mysterious, I fell
In love with the characters and ached for them. All while wanting everyone to stay put!! A great sit by the pool light mystery

for fans of Only Murders in the Building

this book was fun, silly, challenging, emotional and heartwarming. all of the characters were well written and I loved them all (even the ones I just loved to hate.) this is really enjoyable read ♡

Fun and emotional story

I loved the narrator and the story gave me chills at times. The ending came together so well.

Love the characters!

What a fun mystery filled with interesting characters. I was surprised by smell of the twists & turns at the end but it all came together nicely.

Not worth a credit

I gave up on this book when I realized it was going to be a clichéd meeting of two damaged characters in a building filled with troubled misfits. I really just didn’t want to continue on to find out what their awful back stories were and how they were going to come together to solve their problems, etc. blah blah blah. The writing just isn’t good enough to stick with the story.