WELCOME TO YOUR DREAM HOME…
Salma Khatun is extremely hopeful about Blenheim, the safe suburban development to which she, her husband and their son have just moved. Their family is in desperate need of a fresh start, and Blenheim feels like the place to make that happen.

MEET YOUR NEW NEIGHBOURS…
Not long after they move in, Salma spots her neighbour, Tom Hutton, ripping out the anti-racist banner her son put in their front garden. She chooses not to confront Tom because she wants to fit in. It's a small thing, really. No need to make a fuss. So Salma takes the banner inside and puts it in her window instead. But the next morning she wakes up to find her window smeared with paint.

AND PREPARE FOR THE NIGHTMARE TO BEGIN…
This time she does confront Tom, and the battle lines between the two families are drawn. As things begin to escalate and the stakes become higher, it's clear that a reckoning is coming… And someone is going to get hurt.

A gripping thriller about nightmare neighbours, Those People Next Door explores the loss of innocence and how far we’re prepared to go to defend ourselves and the people we love.

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Praise for Those People Next Door:

‘This powerful social drama about racism and microaggression in today’s society is a must-read’ Prima

‘A stunning, thought-provoking and morally challenging read. It had me guessing until the ingenious reveal – a world-class story’ Graham Bartlett, author of Bad For Good

‘A tense, clever tale about the seething underbelly of a picture-perfect suburban town’ Country and Town House

Gold title

• Almost 75,000 Kia Abdullah thrillers sold to date (all formats, all territories).

• THOSE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR is a contemporary and gritty thriller about racial and societal tensions in a seemingly safe British suburb.

• A brilliant novel combining the best of the thriller and courtroom drama genres – for fans of Harriet Tyce, Steve Cavanagh and Gillian McAllister.

• NEXT OF KIN (May 2022 pb):
- Winner of the Adult Fiction Diverse Book Award 2022.
- Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award.
- A Bookseller Heatseeker for three weeks.
- Paperback TCM is 140% up and sales across formats are 162% up vs TRUTH BE TOLD.

• Kia’s profile continues to grow – as well as award recognition, she recently contributed to The Bookseller’s working class issue, and was also invited to meet His Majesty The King who hosted an event in celebration of South Asian diaspora communities in the UK.

• Kia has a well-earned reputation for tackling difficult questions about contemporary British society in commercial fiction.

• Satisfaction guaranteed: an almost five-star reader review average on Amazon. Kia delivers high-quality tension-filled fiction that has readers coming back for more.

• There are woefully few Asian authors writing the kind of commercial fiction Kia does – the industry needs her.

Competition: the;only suspsect;couple at no 9;just another missing person;girls who disappeared;hide and seek;one last secret;daisy darker;mother;family;upstairs;remains. by;nicci french;fiona cummins;clare mackintosh;sharon bolton;louise candlish;gillian mcallister;lisa jewell;sophie hannah; claire douglas