What do you think?
Rate this book
Such a Nice Girl
Not yet published
Expected 7 May 26‘The thing is, we always believe the best of our own kids. What mother thinks her own daughter will do something terrible? But every bad deed is carried out by a person who was once someone’s child.’
Everyone has secrets. Even your daughter…
The morning after a glamorous, luxury wedding, you and your best friend go to wake your twenty-four-year-old daughters. You open the door to their shared room in the pool-house and find a lamp smashed on the floor, a blood stain on the carpet, a ringing phone – and both girls are nowhere to be seen.
The police come and you discover something shocking. Something inexplicable. Is one of your daughters trying to kill the other? And that’s when you and your best friend begin to unravel what's really going on between the girls.
You need to work together to find your daughters, testing your friendship to its limits. And you can’t help but wonder: which girl is the killer and which is the victim?
Everyone has secrets. Even your daughter…
The morning after a glamorous, luxury wedding, you and your best friend go to wake your twenty-four-year-old daughters. You open the door to their shared room in the pool-house and find a lamp smashed on the floor, a blood stain on the carpet, a ringing phone – and both girls are nowhere to be seen.
The police come and you discover something shocking. Something inexplicable. Is one of your daughters trying to kill the other? And that’s when you and your best friend begin to unravel what's really going on between the girls.
You need to work together to find your daughters, testing your friendship to its limits. And you can’t help but wonder: which girl is the killer and which is the victim?
Kindle Edition
Expected publication May 7, 2026
1293 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
‘Such a Nice Girl’ by Andrea Mara focuses on the shocking disappearance of two lifelong friends, Luna and Re, at the end of the glitzy wedding between Charlie, Luna’s father, and his third wife, Emma Rose. Mothers and close friends Grace and Siobhan are distraught and become even more concerned when it appears that one of their daughters may have fatally wounded the other. But why?
Andrea Mara does again what she does best by giving the reader a plot that twists and turns at every opportunity. She captures well the nuanced friendship between the adult women and the reader quickly appreciates just how different they are. Will this catastrophe test their friendship to the limit or will they join forces as they hunt for their daughters?
Pleasingly, it isn’t easy to figure out who is involved in this crime or how they have managed it. It is only towards the end of the novel that the motives as well as the methods are gradually revealed and much of the backstory lends credibility to these. However, it’s more problematic to believe that the families of these girls can be quite so actively involved in solving the crime and just as difficult to accept that the police are as tolerant of their interference as they seem to be. Ok, there are some words of warning from Inspector O’Connell but, frankly, her forbearance is extraordinary!
My thanks to NetGalley and Random House UK, Transworld Publishers for a copy of this book in exchange for a fair review.
Andrea Mara does again what she does best by giving the reader a plot that twists and turns at every opportunity. She captures well the nuanced friendship between the adult women and the reader quickly appreciates just how different they are. Will this catastrophe test their friendship to the limit or will they join forces as they hunt for their daughters?
Pleasingly, it isn’t easy to figure out who is involved in this crime or how they have managed it. It is only towards the end of the novel that the motives as well as the methods are gradually revealed and much of the backstory lends credibility to these. However, it’s more problematic to believe that the families of these girls can be quite so actively involved in solving the crime and just as difficult to accept that the police are as tolerant of their interference as they seem to be. Ok, there are some words of warning from Inspector O’Connell but, frankly, her forbearance is extraordinary!
My thanks to NetGalley and Random House UK, Transworld Publishers for a copy of this book in exchange for a fair review.
February 4, 2026
Thank you so much to Netgalley for providing me with this free advance copy, and I’m writing this review honestly and without bias.
The Queen of the five-star reads has triumphed again! This is a fantastic read with so many twists and red herrings that it will leave your head spinning. The pacing is spot on, full of suspense and wonderfully written with a nice flow to the story. Some great characters are in this, none more so than the two mothers as they try to solve the mystery surrounding their missing daughters. The author really has nailed the intricacies of friendships and relationships. The super ending wraps everything up beautifully. My go-to author has another winner on her hands.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Another triumph from Andrea Mara! I love Andrea Mara’s writing style and the dramas she writes about. I found this impossible to put down after being hooked from the very first chapter. I really enjoyed that the 2 daughters who went missing were grown ups in their 20’s rather than younger children. I loved how Andrea Mara explored friendships & parenting and the lengths people will go to for the people they love. There were plenty of twists and the book tied everything up beautifully. I had to pick my jaw up off the floor after one of the twists at the end. This is another must-read from Andrea Mara.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
Andrea Mara does it again. I LOVED the premise of this. A summer wedding gone wrong, yes please.
In true Andrea Mara style, you suspect every single character as everyone has secrets, and things start to rise to the surface. I loved the way this panned out and the twists along the way.
I was invested, here for the gossip, always wanted to know more. Short chapters and plenty of secrets had me hooked the whole way through.
I love Andrea Mara's stories and this one was equally as brilliant as her other 3 I have read.
Also can we talk about how gorgeous this cover is?
In true Andrea Mara style, you suspect every single character as everyone has secrets, and things start to rise to the surface. I loved the way this panned out and the twists along the way.
I was invested, here for the gossip, always wanted to know more. Short chapters and plenty of secrets had me hooked the whole way through.
I love Andrea Mara's stories and this one was equally as brilliant as her other 3 I have read.
Also can we talk about how gorgeous this cover is?
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Absolutely loved this one and could not put it down!
This book has so many twists it makes your head spin and the tension does not let up throughout. I only discovered this author last year after a friend bought me one of her books but I'm so glad she did as I've now discovered a new favourite.
Many thanks to netgalley, the author and the publisher for approving my request to read this book.
This book has so many twists it makes your head spin and the tension does not let up throughout. I only discovered this author last year after a friend bought me one of her books but I'm so glad she did as I've now discovered a new favourite.
Many thanks to netgalley, the author and the publisher for approving my request to read this book.
February 2, 2026
Yayyyysss! Andrea Mara never disappoints! What a read! Had this put to bed in 3 days! Loved it! Loved the Intertwining tensions of the characters and their history. Loved the absolute determination of mothers to think only the best of their daughters and how forced friendships always show their insecurities in time. Bravo!
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
I really enjoyed this! Not Andrea Maras best work but still very good. I loved how messy and morally grey the characters were but I found the ending to be a little tedious and underwhelming.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
Wow I finished this book in a day. Was a great book to have on a long train journey, lots of twists and turns. 100% recommend to fans of Lisa Jewell or Frieda McFadden and Colleen Hoover.
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews