| A Crime in the Neighborhood | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Suzanne Berne |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Crime novel, Young Adult |
| Publisher | Algonquin Books |
| Publication date | 1997 |
| Pages | 285 |
A Crime in the Neighborhood is a novel by Suzanne Berne. It won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 1999.[1] Told through the eyes of a ten-year-old girl, the book chronicles a child's murder in a sleepy suburb of Washington, D.C. against the backdrop of the unfolding Watergate scandal.