The Other Daughter
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4.2 • 72 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
THE OTHER DAUGHTER is a brilliant standalone thriller from The Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner. IF YOU CAN'T TRUST YOUR FAMILY, THEN WHO CAN YOU TRUST? Sophie Hannah and Karin Slaughter love Lisa Gardner. Have you read her yet?
When Melanie wakes up in hospital all she knows is that she can't remember any of the first nine years of her life and no-one is there waiting for her.
For Dr Stokes - who treated Melanie that night - and his wife, their decision to adopt the abandoned child comes as a blessing following their desperate struggle to deal with the brutal murder of their four-year-old daughter, Meagan.
But when, after twenty years of happy family life, Melanie suddenly finds her past under investigation by a reporter and an FBI agent, everything she thought she knew about her new life is questioned. And when horrific messages and gifts start arriving, Melanie is forced to face the terrifying reality that her family may be the last people she should trust...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In her newest, Gardner (The Perfect Husband) indulges her fascination with the dark side of family life, where the ties that bind also gag, choke and strangle. Professional event planner Melanie Stokes does not suspect that the death of a serial killer in a Texas electric chair 20 years before could have any relevance to her neatly ordered existence. But as it becomes clear that the life she's known (as the adopted daughter of Boston cardiologist Harper Stokes and his trophy wife, Patricia) is based on ugly secrets and bloody lies, her world unravels. With the help of FBI
Customer Reviews
Very good!
After reading other reviews, I was dubious about starting this book. That said, whilst it’s not the best one from Lisa Gardner, it is very readable. An interesting storyline with a not so obvious twist at the end! Glad I didn’t listen to the doubters!
Awful
Started off great, the sample was gripping but literally the minute I bought the full book it was like another writer had taken over. It turned into a badly written Mills and Boon. I'm on page 200 and I can't read any more.
Just awful...
Too many plot holes to describe (why did he do this? How did she lose her memory? Please go into more detail about Russell lee and his family?). In addition to this, the writing is shoddy and the characters are somewhat one dimensional. Avoid.