Good Neighbors

Kara is devoted to her best friend and next-door neighbor, Mindy. When Mindy begins to suspect that her husband is cheating, Kara offers to watch over the house while Mindy sorts out what is going on.

One evening Kara sees someone slip inside. Rather than call anyone, she decides to go and look for herself.

What waits in the house is no affair. It is a far darker secret, and Kara's own life is in danger before she can work out what actually happened.

This is a short thriller in the domestic-suspense vein, written to be finished in a single sitting. It is the fifth entry in the Alibis collection by Chad Zunker, a run of standalone stories built around lies, truth and deception, so no earlier volume is needed. It was published in 2025.

Kara has to learn how much the people next door are hiding before that secret reaches her, and the story moves fast enough to be read in one go.