Today I’m joining the blog tour for She Says She’s My Daughter. My review is written with thanks to the team at Bookouture for inviting me on the tour and for my copy of the book.

Blurb:
‘I don’t know who you are or why you’ve come here,’ I say, jabbing my finger at her, shaking as much as my voice. ‘But you are not my daughter. You are not Abigail.’

Fourteen years ago, our family holiday ended in tragedy when my darling four-year-old girl was snatched from us on the beach. Not a day goes by when I don’t picture her wide brown eyes, and the freckles dusting her cheeks. I only looked away for a second, and I have never forgiven myself.

Today, a seventeen-year-old girl has walked into a police station near our house. She says she’s my daughter. Abigail is back. I can’t believe it. After years of grieving, my family is finally complete again.

This should be the happiest moment of my life, but something doesn’t feel quite right. As hard as I try, I don’t know the teenager in front of me. Then holes appear in Abigail’s story, her accent starts to slip, and I catch her faking tears for the journalists outside – and I’m more certain than ever that she is not my daughter. That she is a stranger. And that we cannot trust her…

But if this mysterious girl isn’t Abigail, then who is she – and what does she want with my family?

A totally unputdownable psychological thriller with a twist that will blow you away. If you are a fan of K.L. Slater, Shari Lapena or B.A. Paris, you will be hooked!

Review:

I really enjoy Lauren North’s writing, so I was excited to see she is releasing another novel so soon after My Word Against His. She Says She’s My Daughter does not disappoint: it’s a wonderfully crafted psychological thriller with everything you would want from a novel in that genre: untrustworthy characters, surprises, secrets and a bucket load of tension. 

She Says She’s My Daughter is told from different perspectives, mostly those of Sarah and Abi, and I loved how each chapter revealed something to the reader that the other characters might not know. It was fun to try and put everything together and work out what was happening. In a crowded market, it is often difficult to find a unique idea, but I think Lauren North has found one here and has plotted She Says She’s My Daughter brilliantly. I was keen to get answers to the questions I had – and there are lots of them! It is clear from the outset that not everyone is trustworthy, and I wasn’t always sure who was telling the truth. 

As we reach the ending of the novel, the tension increases tenfold and this was really exciting to read! I was on the edge of my seat hoping everything would be resolved and I really enjoyed seeing it all play out. 

I’m really looking forward to seeing what Lauren North does next!

She Says She’s My Daughter is available from Amazon.

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