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Paula Daly

The Trophy Child

A police detective becomes entangled with a controlling mother, a missing daughter, and a dangerous web of dysfunction in this “terrific page-turner” (The Guardian).
Karen Bloom is not the coddling type. This tiger mom is raising her ten-year-old daughter for success—at school, at music lessons, at dance classes, at everything. Meanwhile, in their idyllic suburb in England’s Lake District, Karen’s husband frequently heads for the pub; her teenage stepdaughter grows more and more troubled; and her son falls deeper into drugs.
When Karen’s trophy child, Bronte, briefly disappears, Detective Sergeant Joanne Aspinall steps in, but soon discovers she has a shocking intimate connection to the family—whose perfect façade begins to crack as Karen’s comments to the media infuriate the community. Then tight-lipped Bronte returns home—but another member of the household goes missing, in this chilling tale of mystery and suspense by the author of The Mistake I Made and Just What Kind of Mother Are You?
“Absorbing . . . unexpected plot twists and sly commentary . . . will keep readers turning the pages.” —Publishers Weekly
“An outstanding new thriller writer.” —Booklist (starred review)
333 printed pages
Original publication
2017
Publication year
2017
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  • Refiloe Masitashared an impression6 years ago
    👍Worth reading

    A happy ending.. I like that

Quotes

  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted6 years ago
    for a child to have unstructured and unsupervised play. How taking part in too many organized after-school activities could actually be detrimental to a child’s brain development.
  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted6 years ago
    A man’s family is no one’s business but his own
  • Refiloe Masitahas quoted6 years ago
    Seamus had accountant’s hands. Smooth skin with long, fine fingers. Hands that hadn’t done a lot of manual labour. Joanne put him at around forty-eight,

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