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The Daughter

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What to expect

From the bestselling author of The Girlfriend, now a number one Amazon Original series.

A dangerous secret. A suspicious death. A mother determined to find answers.

A gripping story of a mother's courage and devotion by the number one bestselling author of The Girlfriend Michelle Francis.

Getting pregnant as a teenager was never part of Kate's plan, but when it happens she's determined to do right by her daughter, showing her the love she never had as a child.

Life as a single mother is hard, sometimes impossible, but it only brings Kate and Becky closer together. By the time Becky is making her own way in the world as a tenacious trainee journalist, Kate couldn't be prouder. But when the unthinkable happens, Kate's life is changed forever. Desperately trying to understand, Kate stumbles across a story Becky was researching.

Is it possible that this cruel twist of fate wasn't an accident?

Praise for Michelle Frances:
‘I was blown away . . . Marvellous’ - Jilly Cooper
‘Sharp, sinister and addictive’ - Sunday Mirror
‘Taut and suspenseful’ - Heat
‘Abounding with mysteries, revelations and lies’ - Library Journal

Critics Review

Fans of BBC drama The Replacement will lap up this taut and suspenseful tale [The Temp]
Heat
I was blown away. The Girlfriend is the most marvellous psychological thriller . . . I couldn’t put it down and kept sneaking upstairs to read another few pages . . . Michelle Frances is a writer we’re going to hear a great deal about. Please read this genuinely exciting novel
Jilly Cooper
Impressively compelling debut; the tension positively oozes from the pages . . . Keeps the reader on a knife-edge throughout [The Girlfriend]
The Press Association
Brilliantly twisty, a sharp, sinister and addictive read [The Girlfriend]
Sunday Mirror
Author Michelle Frances
Narrator Bea Holland
Duration 12 hours and 21 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781529009279
Format x-book®
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Interior life, Psychological thriller
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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