The Wrong Mother: the heart-pounding, twisty thriller with a chilling end

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Cynthia and Michael get along really well. On their way from a meeting, Michael tells her that they make a great team. He doesn’t tell her about him dating Maddie. She clearly likes him. When Cynthia stops by to drop off some papers while Maddie and Michael are drinking wine, Maddie aggressively introduces herself. Cynthia is hurt that Michael wouldn’t have told her. Lily stops Cynthia before she goes and says that she is concerned about Maddie and has a bad feeling. Cynthia promises to look into it. (She later finds out that Maddie stalked another family and her real name is Claire.) But it was a gripping thriller with morally grey characters all with well built personalities - I even laughed out loud a few times at some of them. What I liked about this one is we get all the answers. It sounds lame but I love it when everything is tied up, there are no loose ends. If you’re someone who likes to guess whodunnit you might not be impressed because there is info withheld so I honestly think the chances of anyone working it out in advance are slim. When she finds a decapitated cat next to her car with tape over its mouth (a horrifying incident in a public place, which you'd think SOMEONE besides her would have noticed, but apparently not) her response is, of course, to dial 999 immediately, right? NO of course not. She goes into a cafe, sits down and starts scrawling yet another letter for the cops to find when they get round to it. Returning to her car (now with added dead cat feature), she finds that her water bottle has been moved; therefore she drinks from it and wakes up in what is basically Bluebeard's Castle. A murder mystery, a psychological study—these elements are set against an almost comedic exploration of the police detectives assigned to the case to form a multilayered drama.

That thing with Stacey was convenient to how they solved the case and the reason why she came to Charlie's house wasn't brought up again. It was brushed away.

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Knives, added an extra for Ms. Vivica A Fox and Cindy Busby stepping outside of her Hallmark comfort zone.) This book falls into the latter category. I was so creeped out at one point that I was frozen for a minute, fighting with myself about skipping to the end for that reassurance (I resisted, but only after a stern mental talking-to).

Faye is 39 and single. She's terrified she may never have the one thing she always wanted: a child of her own. While on duty in the Larsons' home, Vanessa keeps Kaylene in a groggy state with over-medication. She also kills Kaylene's best friend Samantha, who is the first to get wise to Vanessa's game. The slowest to realize the deception is the pilot husband Drew, who is well-intentioned, but an easy victim of being duped by the warped mind of Vanessa.

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I usually really enjoy Sophie Hannah's books and I would still recommend them to any new readers. Having said that, this particular instalment is the weakest I've read so far. This is a pretty standard thriller that is let down by a few niggling things, which should have been ironed out before filming. I thought the ending wrapped up the story perfectly. I may not have been completely wowed but I was definitely entertained. 3 stars! Lily finally goes to Maddie’s house for about 5 mins and then finds photos of her family and a therapist card on a desk. Lily goes to the office of the therapist, who lets her come in and talk without an appointment. The therapist is trying to diagnose Lily with anxiety? Lily keeps trying to clarify that she doesn’t need therapy, she is trying to see if a patient is dangerous. When the therapist hears Maddie’s name, she is like… oh her? She is VERY dangerous. (The therapist should know, she gets murdered in the next scene.)

Is Sophie Hannah a literary genius? Nah. But hey, all you haters — I invite you to try constructing a plot like this one: twisty, intricate, and relentlessly leave-'em-guessing. I was engrossed, and I admired this thriller all the way through. This story also hangs on some deliciously nerdy hinges: idioms, the way in which a native versus a non-native English speaker writes, and — be still my heart! — the perils of find/replace in MS Word. Faye is almost 40 and terrified that she may never have a child of her own. When she discovers an app that pairs like-minded adults, she jumps aboard. She soon meets Louis. He seems great except when she wants love, he wants only a child and treats this as a transaction. Desperate for a child, Faye agrees. Now Faye a year later, and with a baby in tow, she’s on the run. She runs right into the open house of Rachel, an older woman with a room for rent in her small cottage. However, it isn’t long before things don’t seem as perfect with Rachel as Faye thought. Is she hiding something? Is she safe?The teens in this movie speak like they are from a 1940’s romantic comedy. Teens do not say “Likewise” or “A pleasure” when talking to adults. Hell, adults don’t even say that to adults.