The Block Party: A Novel

Jamie Day

Jul 2023 · Macmillan Audio · Narrated by Megan Tusing and Suzy Jackson

About this audiobook

"Appealing. Day’s choice to withhold both victim and perpetrator ratchets up the tension nicely, and her jabs at suburban repression are sharp. This is wicked fun."—Publishers Weekly

“Narrator Megan Tusing gives an emotive and affecting performance as Alex and provides distinct voices for the barrage of busybodies on the neighborhood message board. Suzy Jackson is a perfect match for the adolescent, idealistic Lettie. Together, they evoke the compelling cast of flawed families in an unsettling and engaging listening experience.”- Library Journal

“Highly engaging and brilliantly plotted. Absolutely amazing. Readers are going to flip!” —Lisa Gardner, New York Times bestselling author of ONE STEP TOO FAR

This summer, meet your neighbors.

The residents of the exclusive cul-de-sac on Alton Road are entangled in a web of secrets and scandal utterly unknown to the outside world, and even to each other.

On the night of the annual summer block party, there has been a murder.

But, who did it, and why, takes listeners back one year earlier, as rivalries and betrayals unfold. The real danger lies within their own block and nothing—and no one—is ever as it seems.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

Ratings and reviews

This was a really good audiobook! It's about a neighborhood of people/friends that get together every year for a block party. The are friendships, frenemies, those people trusted and those definitely not trusted. There is so much drama within the families and between the families and their neighbors. I certainly was never bored and even gave up a couple of naps to stay awake and listen to it. (That is high praise!). Almost as a little aside, there are parts of the book that are very much like the Nextdoor app that is used so much. Every single nosy, obnoxious person that made a comment was so real life. I loved that part, because it's an app that we all love to hate! The ending was big and dramatic and I did not see it coming. Really enjoyed it. The narrations of the audiobook by Megan Tusing and Suzy Jackson were exactly what they needed to be to make this work. Awesome job by both. Thanks to Macmillan Audio for the gifted copy. All thoughts are my own.

About the author

Jamie Day lives in one of those picture-perfect, coastal New England towns you see in the movies. And just like the movies, Jamie has two children and an adorable dog to fawn over. When not writing or reading, Jamie enjoys yoga, the ocean, cooking, and long walks on the beach with the dog, or the kids, or sometimes both.