When No One Is Watching

A Thriller

By: Alyssa Cole

Narrated by: Susan Dalian, Jay Aaseng

""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?

Required Brooklyn reading

Wow, what a great listen and unique way to explain gentrification through this thriller style story. This should be required reading for real estate agents, real estate "investors" and anyone moving into Brooklyn or any other up-and-coming area.

Lululemon ponytail

Wow! This book was amazing! The characters were very relatable! The audio production was very intriguing! I don’t know if I’d enjoy as much if I read the print version.

Scary but True

This was hard to listen to at times because it’s an honest look at horrible things that happen in neighborhoods everyday and the people and systems that support them.

Initially, read like a documentary and ended with the somewhat suspenseful/thriller bit.

Very Slow Burn

I was expecting a lot from this book. I did not like all of the cursing. The plot was good and I enjoyed some of the historical facts. It was just too slow for me.

Phew

I was loving it, and then it picked up it almost got to be too much for me. A great reminder that humanity has both the capacity for evil and kindness in an exciting package that is also shocking and meaningful.