When No One Is Watching
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Publisher Description
""I was knocked over by the momentum of an intense psychological thriller that doesn’t let go until the final page. This is a terrific read."" – Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author
Rear Window meets Get Out in this gripping thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times Notable author, in which the gentrification of a Brooklyn neighborhood takes on a sinister new meaning…
Sydney Green is Brooklyn born and raised, but her beloved neighborhood seems to change every time she blinks. Condos are sprouting like weeds, FOR SALE signs are popping up overnight, and the neighbors she’s known all her life are disappearing. To hold onto her community’s past and present, Sydney channels her frustration into a walking tour and finds an unlikely and unwanted assistant in one of the new arrivals to the block—her neighbor Theo.
But Sydney and Theo’s deep dive into history quickly becomes a dizzying descent into paranoia and fear. Their neighbors may not have moved to the suburbs after all, and the push to revitalize the community may be more deadly than advertised.
When does coincidence become conspiracy? Where do people go when gentrification pushes them out? Can Sydney and Theo trust each other—or themselves—long enough to find out before they too disappear?
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
You’re constantly being watched, you don’t know who to trust, and the police won’t help you—is this a horror story, or just a day in the life of a Black woman in America? In this incisive social thriller from novelist and activist Alyssa Cole, it’s both. After a painful divorce, Sydney Green moves back to Brooklyn only to find that her once-familiar neighborhoods have been taken over by rich white people. The scary part? It seems like the neighbors she grew up with aren’t just leaving…they’re disappearing. As Sydney starts looking into Brooklyn’s past, she uncovers a chilling conspiracy happening in its present. Cole adds just the right touch of dark humor to her heroine’s increasingly disturbing discoveries as they mingle with the real-life horrors of gentrification and institutionalized racism. Narrator Susan Dalian captures Sydney’s spunk perfectly, while Jay Aaseng is perfect as her bumbling yet well-meaning new neighbor Theo. Equal parts eye-opening and terrifying, When No One Is Watching is the social thriller we’ve been waiting for.
Customer Reviews
Very interesting but a bland twist
It definitely catches your attention at the beginning but a little difficult to stay tuned straight through. Good read though!
Don’t waste your money
Horrible from the start, removed it after 2 minute of vulgar language.
Not recommended
Can’t even get through it. It’s terrible.