Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson

The eight residents of Shelley House are private and keep to themselves. There's Dorothy, who's lived in the building for over 30 years. In her seventies, Dorothy spends her days cataloging the movements of all who live there. Her across-the-hall neighbor, Joseph, has been at Shelley House as long as Dorothy, yet he and Dorothy had a falling out years ago and don't speak now. When Kat, a young women who spent time in the town of Chalcot as a child, moves in as Joseph's lodger, cracks begins to form in the iciness between the inhabitants, especially after Joseph is attacked and ends up in the hospital. Could the violence against Joseph involve his protesting against the eviction notices all the residents have received? In Nosy Neighbors, author Sampson treats the reader to a tale of friendship and forgiveness. It will be published in April.