Under The Falls

By: Maggie Blum Thompson

ISBN: 9781250412553

Publisher: St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books

Publication Date: 06/30/2026

Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC)

JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS

From the "master of suburban scandal" (Samantha M. Bailey) comes a scandalous, twisty thriller about obsession, betrayal, and the price of perfection

Just outside Washington, DC, sits Eastbrook, Bethesda—a leafy suburb with top schools, pristine landscapes, and perfect neighbors. It’s not the kind of place where nannies are shot during robberies gone wrong. And in this picture-perfect neighborhood, someone is desperate to plaster over the cracks in that façade.

A year after the unsolved neighborhood murder, Caren, nearing fifty and staring down an empty nest, has one too many drinks at a graduation party and blacks out on her way home. At least, that’s what everyone says happened. Caren suspects she was drugged by someone. But who?

When Caren teams up with a new neighbor who is desperate to figure out who murdered his best friend last year, they start to uncover what Eastbrook has tried to forget. But in a place where appearances are everything, their search for the truth means not only shattering carefully curated perfection — but putting themselves squarely in the crosshairs of a killer.

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Praise

"Thompson is a master at sneaking us behind closed doors into the dark and devious world of rich suburbanites...The Neighbors Are Watching is her best work yet. Good fences aren’t enough to make good neighbors in this entitled world, but you’ll relish every second wondering who will get their just deserts. An exceptional thriller from a major talent."

―Alex Finlay, bestselling author of Parents Weekend

"With rich parents behaving badly, kids gone wild, and a deadly cover-up, The Neighbors Are Watching is a meticulously plotted, one-sitting binge read. Nobody scratches the veneer off suburban respectability like Thompson. You won't look at your neighbors the same way again." ―K.T. Nguyen, Anthony Award-winning author of You Know What You Did

"Clever and timely with characters that leap off the page. Grabs you from page one and twists you around until the very last words―and that final reveal, whoa! I loved it!"

―Jessie Garcia, author of The Business Trip

"Fast paced, clever and richly observed. Another masterpiece of domestic suspense from Thompson, who forges the anxieties of wealthy parents into an unputdownable thriller." ―Christine Gunderson, author of Friends with Secrets

About the Author

Before turning to fiction, Aggie worked as a newspaper reporter, covering cops, courts, and trials, with a healthy dose of the mundane mixed in. Her writing has appeared in newspapers such as The Boston Globe and The Washington Post. She lives in the suburbs just over the Washington D.C. line with her husband, two children, cat, and dog.

Her four domestic thrillers — I DON’T FORGIVE YOU, ALL THE DIRTY SECRETS, SUCH A LOVELY FAMILY, and YOU DESERVE TO KNOW — are all set in the Washington DC area. Hollywood has scooped up the option rights to all four novels.

Book number five — THE NEIGHBORS ARE WATCHING — will be published in June of 2026. WEBSITE