This book had me hooked after the first chapter, Alice Feeney is one of my favourite authors and I was beyond excited to read this ARC that I started reading as soon as the email came through… to say I was hooked would be an understatement!

The book is based on four woman and somehow their stories are all linked, this domestic suspense thriller starts off slow but each chapter ends with a hook that makes you want to read the next one. This plot had me constantly questioning how Frankie, Patience, Edith and Clios stories align..I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys great twists, as this book has plenty!!

A very convoluted tale which starts with a baby being snatched at a supermarket. We then meet various characters who have difficult relationships with their mothers/daughters, plus the feisty Edith who has been dumped in a very sub-standard care home by her family.

What else to say? Well, nothing without giving away at least some of the very tortuous plot. The story didn't really grip me, although it had a few paragraphs of humour or pathos here and there. It all felt very contrived, as if the author was determined to hammer home her points and used as many scenarios as possible to do so. For me, it didn't really work. It also irritated me that the author put great store on the word 'Ladybug', which is an Americanism.

Thank you to NetGalley and Pan Macmillan for allowing me access to the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I quite enjoyed some of Feeney's previous work and during summer I'm somehow always in the mood for thrillers, and the description of this one sounded very intriguing. I liked it just fine, but in my opinion this isn't her best book.
The pacing is a bit slow, with the constant cliffhangers at the end of almost every single chapter losing their charm at some point. There are a lot of povs who lack distinct voices, so except the one written in first person, they all sounded the same. Most of the twists and turns are predictable early on, and the one big twist at the end just didn't hit home. The murder was mostly glossed over and noone really cared about it, myself included, and the police work in this one just seems really superficial and borderline unprofessional - and I'm no expert on that at all.
It's a quick read and I'm sure it'll have its fans, but for me it didn't really work. I was kind of bored at times because I didn't really care about the mysteries nor the characters. It is well written, though, but that's a given with Feeney.
2 stars.

This was a really good story which definitely kept me guessing. Throughout the first half of the book I couldn’t really decide what sort of book it was as there were so many characters who had nothing to do with each other and a couple of plot lines just to throw you off any scent! However the second half of the book developed and at one point felt like an old fashioned whodunnit.

It is very hard to review the book in any further depth for fear of giving spoilers but suffice to say I really enjoyed how the author brought everything and everyone together into an almost believable story.

Well what a tangled web you weave Ms Feeney. This had me from the first chapter and the mystery and intrigue lasts the whole of the book. Wonderfully written and well thought out believable characters. Told from multiple POV with each person hiding their own secrets and lies and all coming together beautifully at the end. This was a glorious read that I found very hard to put down. I read this off the back of the wonderful Daisy Darker and with two more books by Alice Feeney sitting in my library this is an author I can become totally invested in. Fabulous 5⭐️ read

Good Bad Girl is a suspenseful thriller that grips you from the very start and doesn't let go. Told from multiple POV's with multiple crimes we slowly see things begin to connect and how different women are linked. I loved the plot and how everything was intricately woven, it truly takes you on a rollercoaster with twists you don't see coming. This is my first book by Alice Feeney but it won't be my last as I was blown away by her writing and I highly recommend this story.

My only piece of advice reading this novel is don't try too hard to work out who everyone is because your brain might just spill out. I know mine tried a few times. There are red herrings by the shoal-load along with plenty blind alleys and a few twists thrown in for good measure. In fact how Alice Feeney constructed this story deserves a commendation alone.

The book deals mainly with mothers and daughters and their often fractious relationships.

In the story we meet Patience (who isnt), Clio, Frankie and Edith. Patience works in a care home looking after Edith and Edith is Clio's mother (Frankie is Patience's mum). The story then takes us on a very twisty, turny and convoluted trip trying to work out exactly who is who and what has happened to all of them over the years.

I'll apologise for this review seeming confusing but the book itself is a little that way (nonetheless enjoyable for being so though) and if I start trying to explain I'll give too many games away.

So the book is fun in parts, upsetting in others but will genuinely keep you riveted. As I said, try not to dwell on the relationships as it is all explained in the end.

A thoroughly enjoyable read that I'd recommend for anyone who enjoys having their brain scrambled.

Thanks to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan for the advance review copy.

Alice Feeney knows how to write suspense! I was kept guessing the whole time and really enjoyed this book. It did get a little confusing but I was able to figure it out. Great book

Good Bad Girl, though tackling some hard hitting subjects was a little lighter in tone than some of Alice's previous books which I liked. The web was intricately woven to bring a group of strong female characters together in a plot that kept me guessing all the way through. A couple of times I had to read again as my brain couldn't compute the reveal that had just happened.

I felt the writing was realistic and I felt for some of them, and detested some others. I like it when a book can evoke emotion. What a fab read.

Omg! That is the o ly thing I can think of to sum this book up. It gives you a bit of everything, mystery, family drama, thriller, suspense....... its so much more than just a thriller! It's amazingly well written and keeps you captivated from the start. The characters are all really well written and developed into real life people with real life motivations. The plot is constantly moving forward and its not too character based an dhad plenty to keep you on the edge of your seat and when it all converges at the end..... my jaw was on the floor!!! I absolutely loved every second of this one

Alice Feeney does it again. Good Bad Girl had me hooked from the start. Told via the point of view of four main characters, the story unravels at a break neck. I found myself turning the pages as I raced to see how they were all linked, and what has really happened.

There's a murder at the centre of the plot, but also family drama and an unsolved crime from years past. I really enjoyed the unreliable narration aspect and was constantly questioning who to trust - who is good and who is bad.

As is Alice's signature style there are some stunning plot twists delivered throughout that had me going "oh wow" and I loved the references to books and reading that are littered throughout.

Good Bad Girl is tightly plotted, with short chapters that have you thinking "just one more" . This is one to devour, and is everything I enjoy in a thriller. I would happily recommend.

Thank you to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan for the eArc in exchange for a honest review.

You know it’s good when you stay up late two nights in a row to race through it.

Gripping story of motherhood, a missing girl, 3 suspects, 2 murders and 1 victim…

There’s always a good twist in Alice Feeney’s novels and this one didn’t disappoint either.

A good quick easy read, with plenty of twists and turns, a real page turner.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Whilst this was a good story there were parts I was confused with and sometimes was not fully sure who was who and what was what!
I always give some leeway with fiction as there has to be some things that are not always as would be in life to make it work but at times felt this crossed that and was a bit unbelievable
I always seem to struggle with this authors books more than most readers has to be said

Wow and double wow. Four women, four sets of secrets, one enormous mess! What happens when a counsellor, a prison librarian, a care home worker and an old lady become entangled in one another's lives, almost by accident?

The cast each have their own stuff going on, and what a lot there is to take in. For about a quarter of the book, we start to see the setting for each woman. After that point everything very quickly joins up and then right at the end, there's the most explosive reveal that I'd never hace expected.

It was "OMG" after "OMG" towards the end and thoroughly un-put-down-able.

Alice Feeney is an incredible writer, I love the twists and turns in her books and the way this one jumps between characters and timelines is just brilliant. There was so much going on from the very first page that I just couldn’t stop reading.

Another great Alice Feeney read!

I was gripped from the start. Some might use the ‘slow burner’ cliche but to me the pace was perfect to build a set of intriguing characters and a brilliantly interwoven plot.
Possibly a bit more contemporary mystery than thriller, the writing style reminded me of Bear Town by Fredrick Backman, one of my all time favorite books.

Having said that, mystery does still abound, and there are certainly one or two moments that had me surprised and in awe.

Favorite quote (and there are a lot of great quotes);

“There is often a gap between what we think and what we say: it’s where what we feel lives”

Thank you NetGalley and Pan MacMillan for a review copy

I really enjoyed this story. Full of suspense and twists.
And no bad language, always a plus.
I will definitely be reading more from this author.

Twenty years ago a baby was stolen, now twenty years later a woman is dead and the way to find the killer might be to find the baby.

This novel is told through multiple points of view as well as looking at the past and present. This was a complicated narrative with strong characters, I did guess part of this plot but loved how Feeney intertwines the characters.


This was an easy read with the ending of each chapter making you want to read the next. Feeney gives pure talent to suspense in their writing making them at the top of my go-to authors.

Loved the first chapter, but then it got a bit disjointed, with too many good/bad references. However, this then settled into a nail biting read, with revelations coming thick and fast, with a most satisfying conclusion. Is it as good as Daisy Darker? No, it isn’t. Is it a great read, well, apart from the few middle chapters, yes it certainly is. I guess the reader’s expectations have been heightened by the last novel, as this would be a fantastic read otherwise.

This is my first encounter with Alice Feeneys writing but it will not be my last. This book just drew me in so quickly and I finished it within the day.