In the undercurrents of 1990s Peru amidst Alberto Fujimori's corrupt presidency, "The Neighborhood" ensnares its readers in a web of power, scandal, and blackmail among Lima's elite. When a high-profile businessman, Enrique, rejects a compromising proposal from sleazy magazine editor Rolando Garro, he's thrust into a scandal as salacious pictures from his past hit the headlines. Simultaneously, an illicit romance blooms between his wife and her best friend, culminating in Garro's untimely death and the unraveling of a nation's dark machinations. As Enrique and the other involved parties scuffle to navigate this quagmire, the true face of a corrupt system and the ragged edges of freedom are chillingly exposed.