I was delighted to be sent The Daughter as Michelle France’s previous book, The Girlfriend was one of my favourite books of last year.
As soon as I started reading it, I was hooked from page 1 and read it in one night.
The story is unique, clever and intriguing. It’s a must read for anyone who likes a decent thriller.

Brilliant! After reading the first few pages I was gripped, so many twists and turns! Definitely worth reading!

This is a really good read. It is gripping the whole way through. It is definitely a page turner. I was totally caught up in the story and would recommend it.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

Becky is a twenty one year old budding trainee journalist, when looking into a possible ground breaking story about a village just outside London,,little did she realize that she is putting her life at risk.
When Becky is run over by a lorry on her way home from work and killed Becky's mum Kate is not only heart broken but devastated.
The day Becky was killed after seeing her daughter in the morgue Kate returns home and finds she has been burgled.
Is Becky's death a tragic accident or something more sinister.
Kate follows Becky's last story and what she uncovers puts everyone's life at risk.

I was really pleased to be given the opportunity of reading the new novel by this author. I really enjoyed it, told in flashback it's a gripping read and the mystery of what happened to Becky, Kate's journalist daughter kept me engrossed. I really felt for Kate as a mother as she tries to get justice for her daughter. Loved it.

The Daughter was a novel I had been excited about for a while as I was a big fan of Frances' previous two novels The Temp and The Girlfriend but I found it to be a bit of a letdown. Kate's daughter Becky is a reporter who is killed in an accident. Kate feels her death is senseless and starts looking into what Becky was working on and whether it might be related to her death. Unlike the other two novels this is predictable and not remotely gripping. It's not badly written but it doesn't seem to know whether it is a thriller or an Erin Brockovich type situation. Bit disappointed and definitely wouldn't recommend.

Powerful and twisty, a taut and terrific read that hooked me from the first page. A really well written story, loved it!