Ellie Monago

Ellie Monago is the pen name of a novelist and practicing therapist who writes psychological and domestic suspense. Neighborly, her first published novel, follows Kat and Doug as they move with their infant daughter into Aurora Village, an apparently welcoming community near the city. A hostile note outside their home unsettles that promise of security, and later messages draw attention to Kat’s private fears and concealed past. The novel’s suspense develops through social pressure, unreliable impressions, and the contrast between polished neighbours and hidden motives. Goodreads records its 2018 publication and identifies its thriller and mystery elements, while FictionDB lists Neighborly as Monago’s first book and a standalone work. Her professional familiarity with relationships and behaviour provides relevant context for fiction centred on suspicion and self-protection, though the story remains a constructed thriller rather than a clinical case study. Neighborly will suit readers who prefer tension built from intimate secrets, close communities, and the uncertainty of deciding whom to trust.