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. The story unfolds from the perspectives of Edith, Patience, Frankie, and Clio, who are all very different women but determined to be good people that sometimes do bad things. The characters alternately narrate the tale, and we don't know how they are all connected until the story ends, leading us through a convoluted tale with numerous secrets, lies, and intersecting lives. The novel has several POVs and past and present chapters, with a story that flows and characters that are original and interesting.
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Potential triggers include themes of murder, deception, issues related to mental health, and betrayal.
From The Publisher:
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Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things.
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.
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SYNOPSIS:
Twenty years ago, a baby was snatched right out of a stroller in a supermarket. In present day, someone is murdered in a nursing home. How are these related? You’ll have to read to find out!
The four POVs + connected folks are:
Patience: an 18 year old working at a nursing home.
Edith: an elderly woman living at a nursing home.
Clio: a therapist.
Frankie: a prison librarian
MY THOUGHTS
This marks the 5th book I’ve read by Feeney. I think there’s only one I haven’t read yet of hers. I love her writing style. Her books flow nicely, and I typically get through them pretty quickly. I made it through this one in a day.
Feeney does a great job developing characters & is an expert at plotting a good thriller.
This kept my attention throughout, and I kept wanting to see how everything was connected. I enjoyed how little details are sprinkled throughout & everything starts coming together.
Although some aspects of the story are predictable, it didn’t take away the enjoyment for me.
The ending was okay. Not amazing, but not bad.
I am a sucker for complex family relationships, and there’s a lot of those in this one.
There are multiple POVs & multiple timelines in this one.
TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️hard to put down. interwoven POVs of 4 women & 2 crimes. finished in a day. ending wasn’t amazing, but enjoyed the book.
What can you read after
Good Bad Girl?
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