Many thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture Audio for gifting me an audio ARC in exchange for my honest review of The Mother Next Door by Leah Mercer and narrated by Jasmine Blackborow - 4 stars!
Lou is the perfect mother and neighbor - she's always willing to help out the mother moms by picking up their kids from school, So when Fiona arrives home and Lou hadn't dropped off her kids, she doesn't immediately worry because she trusts Lou implicitly. But as time goes by and more mothers are coming home to empty houses when Lou's kids are home with their dad, panic sets in as well as a huge impending storm. Then Lou's car is found abandoned on the road outside the woods, no one in sight. The moms start receiving texts that Lou will release their kids when they tell the truth.
The fear of not knowing where are children are is universal and relatable. The raging storm only added to the tension of that scenario. How well do we really know our neighbors or those people we entrust with our children? How well do we even know our spouses? There are a lot of secrets going on in this neighborhood. The story is told from multiple POV as we learn everyone's secrets, both present day and in the past. This was a well-crafted mystery that kept me intrigued from the beginning and was wonderfully narrated.
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