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THE GOOD GIRL

THE GOOD GIRL 1

by Mary Kubica
Paperback
Publication Date: 21/07/2014
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For fans of Gone Girl, a blockbuster thriller about a young woman whose abduction unravels a story more sinister than anyone could have imagined...

"I've been following her for the past few days. I know where she buys her groceries, where she has her dry cleaning done, where she works. I don't know the colour of her eyes or what they look like when she's scared. But I will."

Born to a prominent Chicago judge and his stifled socialite wife, Mia Dennett moves against the grain as a young inner-city art teacher. One night, Mia enters a bar to meet her on-again, off-again boyfriend. When he doesn't show, she unwisely leaves with an enigmatic stranger. With his smooth moves and modest wit, at first Colin Thatcher seems like a safe one-night stand. But following Colin home will turn out to be the worst mistake of Mia's life.

Mia soon finds herself at the centre of a wild extortion plot. Colin's job was to abduct Mia and deliver her to his employers. But the plan takes an unexpected turn when Colin suddenly decides to hide Mia in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota, evading the police and his deadly superiors. Mia's mother, Eve, and Detective Gabe Hoffman will stop at nothing to find them, but no one could have predicted the emotional entanglements that eventually cause this family's world to shatter.

An addictively suspenseful and tautly written thriller, The Good Girl is a compulsive debut that reveals how even in the perfect family, nothing is as it seems...

"Psychologically rich and pulse pounding, The Good Girl had me hooked from the very first sentence and didn't let go until the final word." - Heather Gudenkauf, bestselling author of The Weight of Silence and Little Mercies
ISBN:
9781743565506
9781743565506
Category:
Thriller / suspense
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
21-07-2014
Publisher:
Harlequin Enterprises (Australia) Pty Ltd
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
352
Dimensions (mm):
233x152x26mm
Weight:
0.46kg
Mary Kubica

Mary Kubica holds a bachelor of arts degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in history and American literature.

She lives outside of Chicago with her husband and two children and enjoys photography, gardening and caring for the animals at a local shelter. The Good Girl is her first novel.

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Mia is the daughter of a prominent “old money” judge who is dismissive and essentially an A hole. Told through the eyes of Mia’s mother, Mia’s kidnapper and a detective, the narrative jumps back and forth in time – pre rescue and post rescue. Post rescue Mia is a shadow of pre rescue Mia. She doesn’t even recognise her name. This is not, however, the result of Stockholm syndrome.
The Good Girl is an impressive debut. There’s more telling than showing but it’s done well. The descriptions of life during captivity in frigid climes had me feeling cold and I live in Queensland! You will care about the characters. ***Mild Spoiler Alert: as the story unfolds, be prepared to start rooting for an unlikely hero.

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