I’m Detective Jay Allio from the Lynn Police Department, and this is Sergeant Brent Adams. Is your daughter Penny Francone?” Holly hell! My jaw dropped, my nose hit the floor! Before losing other parts of my face: I’m screaming: this is freaking fascinating! The audiobook is fantastic, I highly recommend that medium, as the narrators truly sweep you up into the story! I could go on....but I won't. I thought I liked it...but I don't. I'm not giving up on Thriller's because I just know that one marked for me is still out there somewhere and I'm determined to find it! Jess Harper has spent her whole life trying to make her mum, Abigail, happy and proud. And everything Jess does, from the clothes she wears, the job she has, the men she dates, are all approved by Abigail first.

Grace blames herself, because that’s what mothers do—they look at their choices and wonder, what if? But hindsight offers little more than the chance for regret. As single mother, Jennifer is struggling to keep things together, especially where her teen daughter is concerned. One day in a matter of seconds, everything in her world flips upside down and she has to deal with the ramifications of that-especially since someone clearly knows what really happened even though she was sure no one did. Now she has to deal with the fallout and the guilt that is making her fall apart as she keeps receiving texts that tell her that her secrets aren’t exactly secrets and if she doesn’t follow instructions, she won’t be the only one to suffer. In between Adam's voice and her mother's, Jess couldn't hear her own in the cacophony. Did she even have a voice? And was she good enough to be heard? Soon, Jess began to wonder if the freedom she gained from her mother's clutches wasn't being replaced by Adam's? Had she simply moved on from being manipulated by her mother to being manipulated by Adam? Or is she just imagining it all? At the clinic, Natalie realizes she doesn’t want to go through with it and bolts. Sam and Natalie’s father chase after her. Sam tells Martin that he will be there for his daughter. They find Natalie at the motel where her mother left her. No, it’s not that,” said Allio. “No accident. And Penny is uninjured. We believe it was a homicide.”

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A psychological thriller with a totally unreliable narrator, THE PERFECT DAUGHTER is the perfect read for fans of this genre and will have you guessing and second guessing just what is real and what is imagined. None of this was conceivable the day Penny came into her life. Then, it seemed like a miracle. Penny was found abandoned, with a mysterious past, and it felt like fate brought Penny to her, and her husband Arthur. But as she grew, Penny's actions grew more disturbing, and different "personalities" emerged. The question was, Who was terrorising Jennifer and why? What was their end game? How far will Jennifer be prepared to go to protect her secrets?

Penny now a sixteen-year-old has been arrested for murder, she’s bathed in blood and holding the bloodstained murder weapon. Penny looks guilty beyond doubt but can’t remember a thing. Is she playing them along or is she innocent?

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No, there are no visible wounds on Penny. But the victim was found deceased at the scene, and we believe it’s the victim’s blood on your daughter’s body.” A story told in alternating chapters from the 'now' and 'then' we see how Jess and Adam met and how Abigail affected their relationship. The mother-daughter relationship is a real claustrophobic, smothering one. Jess believes her mum just wants the best for her and to protect her, and then she finds Adam. A man who encourages her to follow her dreams and really cares for her. Until the day Adam is gone and she is alone, again, with her mum. Things go from bad to worse as the police think Jess is connected to his disappearance. Oh this is so cleverly written, looking at the psychology of close relationships, digging deep into the interplay and subtle manipulations that inevitably occur. Between Abigail and Jess, perhaps not quite so subtle. The relationship between mother and daughter is suffocating to the point of claustrophobic, disturbing and totally believable. Abigail just wants to protect Jess. Doesn’t she? Jess loves her mother and knows that, in steering her life, choosing her clothes, her career path, her boyfriends, she’s only trying to do her best for her. Isn’t she? And then along comes Adam, a plumber, someone Abigail can’t possibly approve of. Someone she aims to remove from her daughter’s life. But he’s not a plumber. He’s Jess’s plumber. He loves her. He sees her, a side of Jess she’s never seen in herself. In his company, she’s a butterfly emerging from the chrysalis, breaking free. He’s perfect, until he’s not. What happened on the day Adam disappeared, now presumed dead. Why, when he never touched it, was he drinking whisky? What secrets was he hiding? Is Jess’s recollection skewed – her memory has failed her in the past, her friend reminds her. She doesn’t recall things accurately, her mother reinforces it. What secrets might Jess be hiding. What secrets is her mother hiding regarding the disappearance of Jess’s father from her life? Natalie finds out that she is pregnant and tries to tell Sam. He is more concerned about being questioned about the rape. Natalie tells Sam that they are dating now and kisses him in front of people, so the rumors stop. The hook up was consensual, I think. This movie is kind of confusing. The father and daughter have a heart to heart and clear things up. Martin tells Natalie about what really happened with her mother and apologizes for lying. Sam and Natalie decide to raise the baby together.