The New Neighbour

Chloe Tomson has served her sentence for the drunk-driving crash that killed four people, and all she wants now is to be left alone. A quiet street, a new name to nobody, no reason for anyone to look twice at her.

That lasts until she intervenes in a violent altercation involving her elderly neighbour. The intervention makes her visible, and visibility is the one thing she cannot afford. Someone nearby knows about her past and wants her gone, and what starts as whispers hardens into threats she cannot ignore.

The New Neighbour is a 2026 psychological thriller from Valerie Keogh, published by Boldwood Books. It is domestic noir about guilt, surveillance, and whether a person who has done something unforgivable is owed a second chance.