Like Mother, Like Daughter
The gripping psychological thriller and Richard and Judy Book Club pick from the bestselling author
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
**THE RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK**
'A breathless, shocking thriller' Jodi Picoult, author of By Any Other Name
'Smart, propulsive and impossible to put down' Laura Dave, author of The Last Thing He Told Me
'A suspenseful as it is thought-provoking' Greer Hendricks, author of The Wife Between Us
HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO PROTECT THE ONE YOU LOVE?
Cleo is a college student: rebellious and provocative, with no interest in playing by the rules.
Kat is her mother and her opposite: a happily married corporate lawyer - the essence of perfection.
But when Cleo arrives home to find dinner burning, a bloody shoe under the sofa and no sign of Kat, it becomes clear that the one thing both mother and daughter have in common is keeping secrets.
Who is Kat really? And if her lies were meant to protect them, how dangerous is the truth?
Praise for Kimberly McCreight
'Riveting. I could not put this down!' Taylor Jenkins-Reid, author of Atmosphere
'Haunting, suspenseful and deeply moving' Megan Miranda, author of Such a Quiet Place
'Part legal thriller, part domestic suspense, pure page turner' Mary Kubica, author of The Good Girl
'Gripping and bingeable' Ana Reyes, author of The House in the Pines
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller McCreight (Friends Like This) explores thorny parent-child bonds in her captivating latest. After much badgering, rebellious NYU undergrad Cleo McHugh agrees to have dinner with her estranged mother, Kat, at her parents' house in Brooklyn. When she arrives late to find dinner burning and Kat MIA, she panics, then notices a blood-smeared shoe under the couch. Cleo frantically calls her father, Aidan, who's away on business, and then the police, who warn her against investigating Kat's disappearance on her own. From there, the narrative splits into parallel tracks following Kat and Cleo, and McCreight serves up shrewdly timed bits of backstory: Kat and Aidan have recently started divorce proceedings; Kat has been working as a fixer for her law firm; Cleo and her drug-dealing ex-boyfriend have just rekindled their flame. Clever red herrings add to the suspense, and McCreight weaves in moving insights about intergenerational trauma as she orchestrates the plot to its satisfying conclusion. The results are sturdy enough to withstand a few too-soapy twists. This should please McCreight's existing fans and win her new ones.
