Teri Schnaubelt is a Chicago-based stage, on-camera, and voice actor as well as oil painter and photographer. Hannah Mary McKinnon, author of Sister DearĪndi Arndt is a professional voice actor, the winner of a 2017 Audie Award for Best Romance, and winner of two Earphones Awards. Laskowski’s brilliantly paced tale is as compelling as it is twisted.” “Trust no one, absolutely no one while reading The Mother Next Door because everyone has secrets, all of them are liars, and everybody has at least one thing to lose. From award-winning author Tara Laskowski, The Mother Next Door is an atmospheric novel of suspense in which the strive for perfection ends in murder… But when a twisted plot is revealed, with dangerous consequences, their steady foundation begins to crumble, leaving only one certainty: after this year’s block party, Ivy Woods Drive will never be the same. They’ll do anything to protect their families. As secrets seep out and the threats intensify, the Ivy Five must sort the loyal from the disloyal, the good from the bad. Someone is threatening to expose the quiet neighborhood’s dark past-and the lengths they’ve gone to hide it. But then the women start receiving anonymous messages. This year’s block party should be the best yet. When a new mother moves to town, eager to fit in, the moms see it as an opportunity to make the group whole again. Except the Ivy Five has been four for a long time. An influential group of neighborhood moms-known as the Ivy Five-plans the event for months. The annual Halloween block party is the pinnacle of the year on idyllic suburban cul-de-sac Ivy Woods Drive. Just sayin’.GOOD MOTHERS… Never put themselves first. I agree that Shawn Cosby wrote the best crime novel of 2021, but I don’t think that all of the female authors nominated wrote better books than Michael Connelly, Chris Whitaker, Mick Herron, James Kestrel and Stephen King. I have the same criticism of these nominations that I did of the Goodreads Summer List: 13 female authors and 2 male authors. THE MOTHER NEXT DOOR by Tara Laskowski (Graydon House)īLOODLINE by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)Ĭomments: Usually the Anthony Award nominations have a lot of similarity to the Barry Award nominations (both fan-based), but not his year. Head (Bywater)īURY ME IN SHADOWS by Greg Herren (Bold Strokes) THE NINJA BETRAYED by Tori Eldridge (Agora) Manansala (Berkley Prime Crime)ĪLL HER LITTLE SECRETS by Wanda M. WALKING THROUGH NEEDLES by Heather Levy (Polis)ĪRSENIC AND ADOBO by Mia P. THE OTHER BLACK GIRL by Zakiya Dalila Harris (Atria) HER NAME IS KNIGHT by Yasmin Angoe (Thomas & Mercer) THESE TOXIC THINGS by Rachel Howzell Hall (Thomas & Mercer) Cosby (Flatiron)ĬLARK AND DIVISION by Naomi Hirahara (Soho Crime) Anthony Award Nominations 2022 Graphic by Gabriel Valjan

The Mother Next Door by Tara Laskowski