Tristan and Izzy are on the brink of marital breakdown. Sex has become less than perfunctory and distance shadows their interactions. The arrival of their new neighbour may just be their salvation: or, will she be their undoing?
Vivacious, enigmatic and enticing, Viv piques both Tristan and Izzy’s interest, her appearance in their lives offering them diversion from their faltering marriage and a window into the people they might be were it not for each other.
But as Viv becomes an ever-increasing presence in their lives, the couple are forced to confront the long-ignored truths about themselves, each other and their pasts that have been a silent, spectral presence between them for years. At this fork in their marriage, they will face the most difficult decision: to cleave together for the sake of their union, or to walk away.
A story about how the ripples in a relationship can become waves, The Single Neighbour holds a mirror up to the promise of domestic bliss, and asks whether an extinguished spark can ever be relit.
The Single Neighbour
By Senta Rich
When Viv moves in next door, neither Tristan nor Izzy can ignore her - both intoxicating and confronting, this is a novel about the forces which bind and divide married couplesMaterial available
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Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) | Pub date: June 2025 | Format: 234 x 153mm | Extent: 320 pages | Word Count: 80,000 wordsAbout the Author
Senta Rich began her career as an advertising copywriter. During this time, she also wrote radio plays and magazine articles, before moving into the world of screenwriting. She now writes regularly for film and TV. She lives in Dublin with her husband and son. Hotel 21, her debut novel, was published in 2023 and has been translated into multiple languages, with TV rights pre-empted by MGM. The New Neighbour is her second novel.
