One Night Gone Lib/E

Laskowski, Tara

Literature & Fiction

Graydon House

One Night Gone

Genre Fiction

Thorndike Press Large Print

The Mother Next Door (Thorndike Press Large Print Thriller, Adventure, and Suspense)

Product Description 
“A polished and entertaining homage to Big Little Lies and Desperate Housewives… The denouement is bonkers, but satisfying.”\n—The New York Times Book Review“A witty, wicked thriller packed with hidden agendas, juicy secrets, and pitch-perfect satire of the suburban dream.”\n— 
Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of We Were Never Here\nGOOD MOTHERS… 
Never show their feelings. 
Never spill their secrets. 
Never admit to murder.\nThe annual Halloween block party is the pinnacle of the year on idyllic suburban cul-de-sac Ivy Woods Drive. An influential group of neighborhood moms—known as the Ivy Five—plans the event for months.\nExcept the Ivy Five has been 
four for a long time.\nWhen a new mother moves to town, eager to fit in, the moms see it as an opportunity to make the group whole again. This year’s block party should be the best yet... until the women start receiving anonymous messages threatening to expose the quiet neighborhood’s dark past—and the lengths they’ve gone to hide it.\nAs secrets seep out and the threats intensify, the Ivy Five must sort the loyal from the disloyal, the good from the bad. They’ll do anything to protect their families. 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.\nFrom award-winning author Tara Laskowski, 
The Mother Next Door is an atmospheric novel of domestic suspense in which the strive for perfection ends in murder…\n“Suspenseful, compulsively readable… Extremely fun to read." —ShelfAwareness 
 Review 
PRAISE FOR THE MOTHER NEXT DOOR\n“A polished and entertaining homage to 
Big Little Lies and 
Desperate Housewives… The denouement is bonkers, but satisfying.”\n—The New York Times Book Review\n“If the women of 
Big Little Lies were the moms of East Coast high schoolers, they'd be right at home in 
The Mother Next Door—a witty, wicked thriller packed with hidden agendas, juicy secrets, and pitch-perfect satire of the suburban dream.”\n— 
Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of We Were Never Here\n“Suspenseful, compulsively readable… Extremely fun to read. Steeped in all the best parts of spooky season.”\n—ShelfAwareness\n“Suspenseful, sinister, and just the right amount of spooky, 
The Mother Next Door absolutely captivated me. Tara Laskowski combines an idyllic suburban setting, an almost terrifyingly organized clique, a creepy urban legend, and a healthy dose of long-buried secrets for a propulsive, expertly paced novel you won’t be able to put down.”\n— 
Kathleen Barber, author of Truth Be Told\n“Packed with shocking twists and wonderfully complicated characters, 
The Mother Next Door is such a suspenseful read. Like the best Halloween candy, it was delicious—and I couldn't put it down.”\n—Alison Gaylin, Edgar Award-winning author\n“A scintillating suburban thriller… 
The Mother Next Door promises to mix its feminist sensibilities with plenty of entertaining camp.”\n—Crime Reads, Most Anticipated Books of 2021\n“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. Tara Laskowski’s brilliantly paced tale of perfect-suburbia-until-you-scratch-the-surface is as compelling as it is twisted. With oh-so-privileged characters you’ll love to hate and a storyline that has more twists than a pretzel, you’ll be sure to devour this novel in a couple of sittings at most. Great fun!”\n—Hannah Mary McKinnon, internationally bestselling author of Sister Dear and You Will Remember Me\n“ 
The Mother Next Door is a wonderfully creepy and sinister read which drew me in and kept me gripped as the web of lies and mysterious secrets from the past unravelled. Tense, twisty and intriguing. Readers definitely won’t be able to put this down.”\n—Karen Hamilton, international bestselling author of The

The Mother Next Door: A Novel of Suspense

The Weekend Retreat: A Novel

A Finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award, Agatha Award, and Lefty Award “A subtly but relentlessly unsettling novel.” —TANA FRENCH, author of The Witch Elm It was the perfect place to disappear... One sultry summer, Maureen Haddaway arrives in the wealthy town of Opal Beach to start her life anew—to achieve her destiny. There, she finds herself lured by the promise of friendship, love, starry skies, and wild parties. But Maureen’s new life just might be too good to be true, and before the summer is up, she vanishes. Decades later, when Allison Simpson is offered the opportunity to house-sit in Opal Beach during the off-season, it seems like the perfect chance to begin fresh after a messy divorce. But when she becomes drawn into the mysterious disappearance of a girl thirty years before, Allison realizes the gorgeous homes of Opal Beach hide dark secrets. And the truth of that long-ago summer is not even the most shocking part of all... “A heart-wrenching and suspenseful novel of betrayal and revenge. Stunning!” —Carol Goodman, award-winning author of The Night Visitors “Featuring a brilliantly executed dual timeline with two unforgettable narrators, One Night Gone is a timely and timeless mystery that will keep you obsessively reading well past your bedtime.” —Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World

One Night Gone: A Novel

"A polished and entertaining homage to Big Little Lies and Desperate Housewives... The denouement is bonkers, but satisfying." --The New York Times Book Review "A witty, wicked thriller packed with hidden agendas, juicy secrets, and pitch-perfect satire of the suburban dream." --Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of We Were Never Here GOOD MOTHERS... Never show their feelings. Never spill their secrets. Never admit to murder. The annual Halloween block party is the pinnacle of the year on idyllic suburban cul-de-sac Ivy Woods Drive. An influential group of neighborhood moms--known as the Ivy Five--plans the event for months. Except the Ivy Five has been four for a long time. When a new mother moves to town, eager to fit in, the moms see it as an opportunity to make the group whole again. This year's block party should be the best yet... until&nbsp;the women start receiving anonymous messages threatening to expose the quiet neighborhood's dark past--and the lengths they've gone to hide it. As secrets seep out and the threats intensify, the Ivy Five must sort the loyal from the disloyal, the good from the bad. They'll do anything to protect their families. 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. "Suspenseful, compulsively readable... Extremely fun to read." --ShelfAwareness *Don't miss&nbsp;The Weekend Retreat, Tara Laskowski's next novel of suspense. Available now for preorder!

"A heart-wrenching and suspenseful novel of betrayal and revenge. Stunning!" --Carol Goodman, award-winning author of&nbsp;The Stranger Behind You One sultry summer, Maureen Haddaway arrives in the wealthy town of Opal Beach to start her life anew--to achieve her destiny. There, she finds herself lured by the promise of friendship, love, starry skies and wild parties. But Maureen's new life just might be too good to be true, and before the summer is up, she vanishes. Decades later, when Allison Simpson is offered the opportunity to house-sit in Opal Beach during the off-season, it seems like the perfect chance to begin fresh after a messy divorce. But when she becomes drawn into the mysterious disappearance of a girl thirty years before, Allison realizes the gorgeous homes of Opal Beach hide dark secrets. And the truth of that long-ago summer is not even the most shocking part of all... "This multi-layered and gorgeously structured tale will haunt you long after the book is over." --Hank Phillippi Ryan, bestselling author of Her Perfect Life

Here's what we know is true. Timmy Milici, a low-level hitter with the infamous Atlanta-based Duplass crime family, ran off with Melody Duplass to Jacksonville, Florida. Olivia Duplass, her mother and head of the Duplass family, was incensed, and put a price on Timmy--a hundred thousand for his corpse, but with explicit instructions that her daughter not be harmed. We know that's true. Or, at least, we think we do. Sixteen writers tell their versions of what happened those fateful days in this gripping novel-in-stories, brought to you from the team behind The Night of the Flood. Contributors: E.A. Aymar, Sarah M. Chen, Hilary Davidson, Alex Dolan, Rebecca Drake, Gwen Florio, Elizabeth Heiter, J.J. Hensley, Susi Holliday, Shannon Kirk, Tara Laskowski, Jenny Milchman, Alan Orloff, Tom Sweterlitsch, Art Taylor, and Wendy Tyson.

The Swamp Killers: A Novel in Stories

Milchman, Jenny

Sweterlitsch, Tom

Tyson, Wendy

Chen, Sarah M.

Taylor, Art

Orloff, Alan

Aymar, E.A.

Short Stories & Anthologies

Down & Out Books

Legacies of violence and tragedy haunt these thirteen stunning stories from Tara Laskowski, author of Modern Manners for Your Inner Demons. A woman becomes obsessed with her co-worker's murderer; an investigative reporter with a nose for scandal finds his own life suddenly unraveling; eerie sights in a video baby monitor haunt a new mother. When the unexpected happens, these bystanders--who are not always innocent--come face to face with their own choices and fates. Bound together by danger, fear, paranoia, and the bumps we all hear in the night, these potent stories illuminate the darker side of the human condition. From a vicious newspaper strike that rocks a small Pennsylvania community to an unpredictable road trip in the vast desert of the American West, Bystanders explores the ways in which terror and uncertainty both consume and invigorate us--and yet reveal our strengths, hopes, and passions. Selected as the Grand Prize Winner for the SFWP Literary Awards Program, 2010, by Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Olen Butler.

Bystanders (SFWP Literary Awards)

United States

Santa Fe Writer's Project

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