The Daughter A Novel
The Daughter A Novel by Jane Shemilt is a psychological thriller published by HarperCollins on March 3, 2015. This first edition, later printing, spans 352 pages and is presented in English. The story follows Jenny, a successful family doctor and mother of three, whose life unravels when her youngest daughter, fifteen-year-old Naomi, goes missing after a school play. As the search efforts yield no results, Jenny’s seemingly perfect life begins to fracture, leading her into a harrowing journey of discovery.
Readers will find a gripping narrative that delves into Jenny’s obsessive quest for answers about her daughter’s disappearance. The book explores themes of family dynamics, trust, and the hidden complexities of relationships. As Jenny uncovers unsettling truths about Naomi and those around her, the story reveals a darker side to the life she thought she understood. This edition invites readers into a world of suspense and mystery, where the search for a missing child becomes a profound exploration of secrets and the bonds of motherhood.
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In the tradition of Gillian Flynn, Tana French, and Ruth Rendell, this compelling and clever psychological thriller spins the harrowing tale of a mother’s obsessive search for her missing daughter.
Jenny is a successful family doctor, the mother of three great teenagers, married to a celebrated neurosurgeon.
But when her youngest child, fifteen-year-old Naomi, doesn’t come home after her school play, Jenny’s seemingly ideal life begins to crumble. The authorities launch a nationwide search with no success. Naomi has vanished, and her family is broken.
As the months pass, the worst-case scenarios—kidnapping, murder—seem less plausible. The trail has gone cold. Yet for a desperate Jenny, the search has barely begun. More than a year after her daughter’s disappearance, she’s still digging for answers—and what she finds disturbs her. Everyone she’s trusted, everyone she thought she knew, has been keeping secrets, especially Naomi. Piecing together the traces her daughter left behind, Jenny discovers a very different Naomi from the girl she thought she’d raised.
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