The Orland Park Patch:
Orland Park Inspires Backdrop For Resident's Newest Thriller Book
Lauren Traut,Patch Staff
Posted Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 6:19 pm CT|Updated Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 11:49 am CT
ORLAND PARK, IL — Inspiration can strike at the strangest of times, but for Kevin Kenealy, it happened to be in all the right places.
​
Kenealy, an Orland Park resident and high school teacher, simply had to look around to scheme up the setting for his newest thriller book, titled "Neighborhood Watch." A member of a similar group in his own neighborhood off 143rd and 82nd Avenue in Orland Park, starting his next work was as simple as putting the proverbial pen to paper.
​
"What would happen underneath the surface?" Kenealy said he wondered about a tight-knit community and its intrinsic groups. "As a thriller-horror writer, I ask these questions 'what-if?'"
​
To read more of the story, click here.
​
Left, Kenealy poses at the Chicago Ridge Library Signing on Monday, July 18. Photo courtesy of Chicago Ridge Library Adult Services Manager Alicia Jackson.
​