The Good Girl
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4.1 • 2.9K Ratings
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Publisher Description
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"A cleverly constructed suspense thriller." —Chicago Tribune, Printer's Row
"A twisty, roller coaster ride of a debut. Fans of Gone Girl will embrace this equally evocative tale." —Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Riveting psychological thriller."—Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author on Don't You Cry
"I've been following her for the past few days. I know where she buys her groceries, where she has her dry cleaning done, where she works. I don't know the color of her eyes or what they look like when she's scared. But I will."
One night, Mia Dennett enters a bar to meet her on-again, off-again boyfriend. But when he doesn't show, she unwisely leaves with an enigmatic stranger. At first Colin Thatcher seems like a safe one-night stand. But following Colin home will turn out to be the worst mistake of Mia's life.
When Colin decides to hide Mia in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota instead of delivering her to his employers, Mia's mother, Eve, and detective Gabe Hoffman will stop at nothing to find them. But no one could have predicted the emotional entanglements that eventually cause this family's world to shatter.
An addictively suspenseful and tautly written thriller, The Good Girl is a propulsive debut that reveals how even in the perfect family, nothing is as it seems.
More Praise
"Kubica's powerful debut…will encourage comparisons to Gone Girl."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"A high-intensity thriller, a psychological puzzle that will keep readers on their toes."—BookPage
Read the New York Times bestselling follow-up novel Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica.
Look for Mary's latest complex and addictive tale of deceit and obsession, Don't You Cry.
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APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Like the international bestseller Gone Girl, The Good Girl is a psychological thriller full of jarring omissions, dark secrets, and heart-pounding twists and turns. When art teacher Mia Dennett—the daughter of a wealthy Chicago judge—goes missing, police launch a high-profile investigation. Told from the multiple perspectives of the detective in charge of the case, Mia’s mother, and the young woman’s abductor, this debut by American author Mary Kubica is a compulsively chilling read.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the outset of Kubica's powerful debut, free-spirited 24-year-old Mia Dennett, an art teacher at an alternative high school and a member of a well-heeled, well-connected Chicago family, goes missing. As puzzling as Mia's presumed kidnapping initially appears, things turn infinitely stranger after her eventual return, seemingly with no memory of what happened to her or, indeed, of her identity as Mia. Key characters share the narrative in chapters labeled either "Before" or "After," allowing the reader to join shattered mother Eve and sympathetic Det. Gabe Hoffman on their treacherous journey to solve the mystery and truly save Mia. Almost nothing turns out as expected, which, along with the novel's structure and deep Midwestern roots, will encourage comparisons to Gone Girl. Unlike that dazzling duel between what prove to be a pair of sociopaths, this Girl has heart which makes it all the more devastating when the author breaks it.
Customer Reviews
Surprise ending!
I’m usually pretty good at guessing the ending of these kind of mysteries but this one pulled a “gotcha” on me!
Awful awful awful!
This has to be the worst book that I have ever read. If I could give it zero stars I would.
Just ok
I give it a 3.5 because I liked the book.
A little too much back & forth. A little too much rhetoric.
Really thought I was going to love the ending, until the last chapter. Then wham! Seems another easy out, with a plot twist that really doesn’t make sense.
Sigh… oh well on to the next one.