The Man Next Door
A Novel
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- USD 12.99
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- USD 12.99
Descripción editorial
"In this spunky nod to Rear Window, Roberts infuses a charming domestic comedy with a soupçon of suspicion. . . . a heartwarming diversion." –Publishers Weekly
Love in the Time of Serial Killers meets The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window in this delightful romp about a recently broke divorcee who moves in with her house-bound mother only to spend their days spying on her grumpy, mysterious, and sexy new neighbor.
Zona never thought her life was headed this way, but here she is, newly divorced and moving back in with her mom, Louise. After her gambling addicted ex-husband lost all of their savings, including their daughter's college fund, she doesn't really have a choice. She's cutting every coupon she can and she's going to help put her daughter through nursing school, even if it kills her.
This wasn't Louise's plan, either, laid up at home with a broken leg after one unfortunate tumble on the senior singles cruise she'd been looking forward to for months. But if she's going to spend all her time at home, at least she's got her daughter there with her. And there's some hot new eye candy next door to distract them both from their troubles. He appears to be single and just around Zona's age. Could his arrival be the universe making amends for everything it's put her through?
Maybe the universe isn't feeling as generous as Louise hoped. There’s something lurking under that mans surface charm, something…dangerous? And who's the woman they can hear him in all-out shouting matches with on the other side of the fence? When the woman seems to disappear without a trace, imaginations run wild. Or at least, Zona hopes it's just her mother's imagination...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this spunky nod to Rear Window, Roberts (The Best Life Book Club) infuses a charming domestic comedy with a soupçon of suspicion. Love has not been lucky for twice divorced, 44-year-old Zona Hartman, whose last husband was a secret gambler who pilfered her daughter's college fund. Broke and working two jobs, Zona is forced to move in with her spirited mother, Louise. When Louise becomes housebound after breaking her leg during a dance floor mishap, Zona hires Gilda, a part-time nurse, to keep her mother company while she works. Gilda and Louise immediately bond over their shared love of true crime, and their interest spills into real life when handsome Alec James buys the house next door. At first, Alec seems like a potential new love interest for Zona. Then Louise and Gilda start watching his house at all hours and taking note of suspicious occurrences, like the appearance and then sudden disappearance of a woman with whom he starts arguing. The danger never rises above a gentle simmer, but Roberts poignantly renders the romantic disappointments of both Zona and Louise while making their dynamic with each other and Gilda feel thoroughly lived-in. It's a heartwarming diversion.