Don't concern yourself with this mess you've left for me: GOOD BAD GIRL.

Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars

Can you see the permanent furrow left in my brow from reading this book?

GOOD BAD GIRL is a befuddling thriller that keeps you flipping the pages, desperate to see how everything plays out. It focuses on the intertwined lives of several women. Edith is stuck against her will in a care home by her daughter, Clio. The two have never gotten along. Luckily Edith has Patience, a young cleaning woman and caretaker, who helps her out and brings her contraband supplies. But soon their lives collide dramatically, forcing secrets to come to light.

GOOD is told from the POV of these ladies and a few other characters. It flies by. There's a Mother's Day theme, with the story starting with the disappearance of a baby twenty years ago. It's fascinating trying to work out how our present-day characters are related, if at all, to that long-ago Mother's Day incident. The story deftly weaves in the theme of mothers and daughters and their relationships--sometimes troubled, sometimes not. At the same time, it's a well-done, intricately plotted mystery. I really enjoyed this one. 4.5 stars.

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