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Loading... The Stepdaughter: An addictive suspense novel packed with twists and family secretsby Georgina Cross
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) Keila_S | Jun 8, 2023 |   ) SallyElizabethMurphy | Dec 7, 2021 | A 13-year-old missing A fire next door Police called in Secrets aplenty Where is Mia? What happened to her? Is someone to blame? If so, who? This story is told from multiple viewpoints beginning with Mia in the prologue. With each page a bit more is revealed as the truth slowly is eked out in a way that reveals all. This was not an uplifting happy read for me though I found it well written it left me feeling sad. What I liked: * The way the story was written and the plotting * The twists and turns the story took * Mia – typical of her age and so undeserving of what happened * Liked and didn’t like that I had trouble liking Mia’s parents or the parents neighbors – they all left me cold and though I understood them and sympathized a bit with some of them I never warmed to or came to like them. * Angela: a homicide detective that did not give up. She stayed on the scent to the end and got it right…or nearly so. I can see her in a series of her own * That everything was tied up nicely at the end of the story * reading the last page and leaving the characters behind – would not choose any of them to be personal friends…well…except maybe the police and fire department people met in the story and Charlotte – an older woman who was pivotal to the story. What I did not like: * Realizing that this could all too easily happen in real life and knowing that such dysfunction and drama occurs more often than we realize. Did I enjoy this book? Yes and no Why no? it was darker than I needed to read today Why yes? It was well written and a great debut novel Would I read more by this author? I think I would Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC – This is my honest review. 4—5 Stars (  ) CathyGeha | Sep 4, 2020 | no reviews | add a review
"It's a normal afternoon when I walk out the patio doors of our kitchen to check on Mia, my stepdaughter, who is swimming in our backyard pool. But she's gone. My heart stops when I see the back gate is open, her pink, fluffy towel lying folded on a chair. I was just feet away. Why didn't I hear her scream? Who took our little girl? My husband can't understand how I could have let his daughter disappear. And when the police come asking questions, I wish I could wind back time to that normal afternoon when I was cooking lasagna for my family, Mia's favorite. I can tell the officers don't believe me: they've cast me as the evil stepmother. I just wish I could understand the messages I've found from my husband on Mia's phone: I'm so sorry, I still love you. And why his wedding ring is found at the bottom of the pool after Mia disappeared. He never told me it was missing. What else is he hiding? But the detective keeps asking me where I was during those ten minutes when Mia vanished. And I can't tell her my secret. From the way she's looking at me, I know she thinks I did something to my stepdaughter. Mia and I haven't always been that close and sometimes she drives me nuts, just like any normal teenager, but I would never hurt her. I just need you to believe me..." -- Amazon.com No library descriptions found. |
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