Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney, published by Flatiron Books. @Flatironbooks @alicewriterland #Blogger #review #psychologicalthriller #domesticthriller

—

by

Bookpreneur
in , , , , ,

Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things.

Our Queen of Twists, bestselling author of Daisy Darker and Rock Paper Scissors Alice Feeney, returns with another thrilling mystery filled with drama and her trademark surprises.

Twenty years after a baby is stolen from a stroller, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth.

Edith may have been tricked into a nursing home, but at eighty-years-young, she’s planning her escape. Patience works there, cleaning messes and bonding with Edith, a kindred spirit. But Patience is lying to Edith about almost everything.

Edith’s own daughter, Clio, won’t speak to her. And someone new is about to knock on Clio’s door…and their intentions aren’t good.

With every reason to distrust each other, the women must solve a mystery with three suspects, two murders, and one victim. If they do, they might just find out what happened to the baby who disappeared, the mother who lost her, and the connections that bind them.

In the style of Daisy Darker and Rock Paper Scissors, Good Bad Girl is a thriller in which nobody can be trusted and the twists come fast and furious.

Good Bad Girl is a complex, twisty narrative seen through four alternating points of view. Edith, an 80-year-old woman in a nursing home looking to escape, Patience, an 18-year-old runaway and caregiver who lives above an art gallery, (my favourite character) and Clio, Edith’s estranged daughter who is in her fifties and lives in a pink house. The fourth is Frankie, a thirty-year-old prison librarian, living on a narrow boat whose teenage daughter ran away a year ago.

Each character has a secret held at a cost which is what makes the book so satisfying. But how do their pasts intertwine? How is each character linked? But most importantly, when these pasts are untangled, what will it reveal about each character? The book explores themes of betrayal and the lengths a family will go to protect their loved ones.

One of the most horrific crimes ‒ and the biggest hook for me ‒ is the theft of a baby from a pram on Mother’s Day. I had to know what happened. 20 years later, there is a murder in a care home. Is there a connection between the two crimes? On this occasion, I wasn’t able to read this book in one sitting, sadly, but I highly recommend doing so. It’s harder to remember multiple chapter POVs without going back to reread sections to reacquaint yourself. But I couldn’t wait to read the book every chance I got and that’s a sure sign of how addictive Alice Feeney’s story is. It’s an emotional book about four sharply drawn characters that grabs you and holds you in its thrall. I was totally hooked. Not many books can surprise me but this one did!

About the Author:

Alice Feeney is a New York Times million-copy bestselling author. Her books have been translated into over twenty-five languages, and have been optioned for major screen adaptations. Including Rock Paper Scissors, which is being made into a TV series by the producer of The Crown. Alice was a BBC journalist for fifteen years, and now lives in Devon with her family. Daisy Darker is her fifth novel.

You can follow Alice on Instagram/Twitter: @alicewriterland

To find out more visit: http://www.alicefeeney.com

Other Books by Alice Feeney

“Feeney’s latest solidifies her reputation as a premier purveyor of psychological suspense. . . As the women’s relationships deepen, Feeney gradually reveals their connection to the initial abduction, keeping readers constantly off-balance with shifting perspectives and brilliantly withheld information. . . This crafty thriller will touch readers’ hearts as much as it bends their minds.”
―Publishers Weekly, starred review

Comments

Leave a comment