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Perfect Daughter
Miriam Cassidy has spent twenty-nine years trying to be enough.
Good enough grades. Good enough career. Good enough daughter.
It’s never quite worked.
Every Tuesday, she has lunch with her mother Elaine—their sacred tradition for eight years.
It’s the one constant in Miriam’s unraveling her business is failing, debt collectors are calling,
and now her mother has fallen in love with David, a man who appeared eight months ago and changed everything.
Then Miriam finds her mother dead.
What happens next will test everything she thought she knew about love, loyalty,
and how far she’ll go to protect herself.
Detective Jack Rourke has twenty years of experience reading people.
He’s patient, methodical, and he knows when someone isn’t telling the whole truth.
And Miriam Cassidy is hiding something.
As the investigation unfolds, Miriam must confront the question she’s been avoiding her entire
What happens when being the perfect daughter isn’t enough?
Perfect Daughter is a tense, atmospheric psychological thriller about maternal love, filial devotion,
and the lies that bind families together—or tear them apart.
Good enough grades. Good enough career. Good enough daughter.
It’s never quite worked.
Every Tuesday, she has lunch with her mother Elaine—their sacred tradition for eight years.
It’s the one constant in Miriam’s unraveling her business is failing, debt collectors are calling,
and now her mother has fallen in love with David, a man who appeared eight months ago and changed everything.
Then Miriam finds her mother dead.
What happens next will test everything she thought she knew about love, loyalty,
and how far she’ll go to protect herself.
Detective Jack Rourke has twenty years of experience reading people.
He’s patient, methodical, and he knows when someone isn’t telling the whole truth.
And Miriam Cassidy is hiding something.
As the investigation unfolds, Miriam must confront the question she’s been avoiding her entire
What happens when being the perfect daughter isn’t enough?
Perfect Daughter is a tense, atmospheric psychological thriller about maternal love, filial devotion,
and the lies that bind families together—or tear them apart.
249 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 27, 2025
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December 6, 2025
This book kept me awake until the wee hours of the morning, and that's a rarity. It didn't matter that I knew that 'the butler was the murderer' -- so to speak -- or why they did it. Guessing only made the story more gripping. A story about how family can both save you and destroy you at the same time.
Love is complicated. Jealousy, even more so. Every child wants their parents' approval. Every parent feels it is their fault if their child doesn't meet their standards. Behind their decisions, however bad they may be, there is always love. This doesn't mean that that kind of love is not toxic.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. No profit made.
Love is complicated. Jealousy, even more so. Every child wants their parents' approval. Every parent feels it is their fault if their child doesn't meet their standards. Behind their decisions, however bad they may be, there is always love. This doesn't mean that that kind of love is not toxic.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. No profit made.
November 4, 2025
Another chance at love...
Miriam is going under, farther, every day. She has an eviction notice, her credit is maxed out, her business is drowning... what can she do?
Meanwhile, her Mom has this guy David in her life, for 8 months now, and they appear so happy. Now they are talking about a trip to Paris.
Sounds lovely.
She even sees a copy of her Mothers will, and email that she is going to change it...
Every family has its secrets, its things that they don't talk about...
Just wait until you read this book and find out all the nitty-gritty on it!
Thank you, Ion Esimai, for a great story.
I received a complimentary copy of this book and this is my honest review.
Miriam is going under, farther, every day. She has an eviction notice, her credit is maxed out, her business is drowning... what can she do?
Meanwhile, her Mom has this guy David in her life, for 8 months now, and they appear so happy. Now they are talking about a trip to Paris.
Sounds lovely.
She even sees a copy of her Mothers will, and email that she is going to change it...
Every family has its secrets, its things that they don't talk about...
Just wait until you read this book and find out all the nitty-gritty on it!
Thank you, Ion Esimai, for a great story.
I received a complimentary copy of this book and this is my honest review.
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