Publication Date: October 28, 2025
The perfect way for us to live. The perfect way for him to hide…
My husband Matt and I are an ordinary married couple in every way but one. At the end of each day, we return to our own homes and our own spaces. Some people think this arrangement is odd, but for us it’s perfect.
But beyond the fairy lights I string at my window, darkness is pressing in. Two local women have gone missing, and I don’t want to be alone. With Matt away for work, I find comfort in chatting to my new neighbour Brenda, who drops in regularly with casseroles and groceries.
Sipping our coffees, looking out of my kitchen window, I soon notice how observant Brenda is. So when she tells me that perhaps my husband isn’t simply working late, something cold takes root. I think of Matt’s recent vague tone, the way he brushes off my questions. Brenda thinks I should pop by when Matt’s not at home. Just to check everything’s as it should be.
I should be able to trust the man I married. But when I do go through my husband’s things, I discover that our perfect living arrangement is hiding a shocking secret…
A completely compelling and twisty page-turner from number 1 bestselling author K.L. Slater. Fans of Lisa Jewell and Freida McFadden will be hooked by My Husband Next Door.
Sylvie and Matt embrace a new concept called Living Apart Together, which means they are married but live separately.
Author K.L. Slater amps up the psychological thrills with My Husband Next Door . Although Sylvie is distracted by her granddaughter’s birth, the entire community is on alert with two missing women.
When a new neighbor moves in and mentions some of her observations to Sylvie, suspicions rise about what goes on behind closed doors.
Told in alternating viewpoints, readers are kept guessing with numerous plot twists. A mother’s empathy, a wife’s love, and a neighbor’s friendship combine to make Sylvie’s character compelling as she cycles through her different roles.
My Husband Next Door delivers a multi-faceted thriller brimming with suspense.
For many years, Kim sent her work out to literary agents but never made it off the slush pile. At the age of 40 she went back to Nottingham Trent University and now has an MA in Creative Writing.
Before graduating, she received five offers of representation from London literary agents which was, as Kim says, ‘a fairytale … at the end of a very long road!’
Kim is a full-time writer and lives in Nottingham with her husband, Mac.
