Not My Mother
Category: Fiction
Author: Miranda Smith
Genres: Fiction, Kidnapping, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
Publisher: Bookouture
They arrest my mother in the middle of my baby daughter’s first birthday party. They say she’s not really my mother. They say she stole me, thirty years ago… I’d heard of the Baby Caroline case, of course. When a baby is snatched from her mother’s arms, the whole country knows about it. But I never dreamed it had anything to do with me. Today, my daughter turned one. I hosted a party for my…
The book begins with the kidnapping of a baby and a murder. The story jumps to the present where Marion is having a first birthday party for her daughter Ava. The house is full of guests when the police arrive. They ask for Sarah Paxton, but Marion does not recognize the name. Then they ask for her mother, Eileen Sams. Next thing she knows, they are taking her mother away in handcuffs.
This story blew me away. It is fast paced, and the characters are well developed. It is told from the first-person point of view and jumps from person to person and the past to the present. I was captivated from the moment I started it until I finished it. I recommended it to a few of my friends and to anyone that enjoys books with twists.
