The Neighbors
Books / Hardcover
ISBN: 0446522414 / Publisher: Warner Books, New York, January 1999
Fleeing an abusive relationship, Kate Ashenberry finds refuge in a vast Victorian apartment building in London, among a charming collection of colorful and eccentric neighbors, but their new friendship is threatened by a murder and a diabolical killer who could be one of them
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What bold new terrain of suspense lies one ingenious step beyond Hitchcock's masterpiece Rear Window?The striking, sprawling Victorian building dominates the fashionable London street. During one lonely Christmas season, Kensington Court welcomes a new resident: Kate Ashenberry, in flight from an uncaring family and a broken love affair.One potential neighbor has escaped Kate's acquaintance, for journalist Guy Bartlett had tumbled to his death shortly before her arrival. Some tenants say his mysterious five-story fall a continent away was the most exciting story to touch their lives in years. But after Kate moves in, more residents of Kensington Court die, each more horribly than the last...and each bafflingly murdered behind a door locked securely from the inside. Trust between neighbors evaporates. Kate fears her name is climbing higher on the killer's list of victims. And always, across the courtyard at one rear window, a lone, unmarked watcher stands vigil...
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