I figured out the whodunit part very early on, but for once it didn’t lessen my enjoyment of the story, and I stayed hooked from start to finish. Holly was kidnapped when she was 4-years-old and was unexpectedly returned three months later, physically unharmed but for a scar on her arm. The person who kidnapped her was never caught, but now, more than two decades later, another girl is taken. Holly’s mother Cecily might have … Read More “The Day I Disappeared by Brandi Reeds” »
Category: Thriller
Woman on the Edge was a fun (albeit dark,) couldn’t-put-it-down, suspense novel. Set in Chicago (my home town!) this story is told in chapters alternating between the points of view of Nicole and Morgan. Nicole, the founder and CEO of a wellness company called Breathe, thrusts her infant daughter into the arms of a stranger, Morgan, telling her she knows she’ll keep the baby safe, before jumping in front of a train. Morgan, who has … Read More “Woman on the Edge by Samantha M. Bailey” »
Roz, a single woman in Ireland who is barely making ends meet and living paycheck to paycheck, finds herself unexpectedly pregnant after a “one night stand.” She decides she wants to adopt out (sell) the baby, and finds a great online agency that will help make it possible. She is introduced to Julie–half of a millionaire couple–who wants Roz to move into the basement of her and her husband’s home in NYC to finish her … Read More “The Perfect Mother by Caroline Mitchell” »
Three years ago, teenage sisters Emma and Cass go missing, with very little for investigators to go on to find them. Now, Cass has returned–alone–and the investigators are anxious to get her help to find her sister. Dr. Abby Winters, a psychologist who was part of the initial investigation, is still sure the girls’ mother is responsible for their disappearance. Abby’s professional research was always focused on children of narcissist mothers, and she sees too … Read More “Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker” »
This book is told from the perspective of three different women — Alice and Molly both in the present time, and Margaret, mostly in the past, although her chapters cross into the present time toward the end. Alice is a married mother of three with a horrific past. Molly is a loving and very loved daughter and sister who has had six miscarriages and wants a baby more than anything. Margaret is an active alcoholic … Read More “The Nowhere Girl” »