Like Mother, Like Daughter is a thriller with some interesting twists and turns, not all of them expected! Kimberly McCreight has written a book that starts with a kick butt opening as seen by Cloe the daughter. In Chloe’s case the story moves forward day by day after the opening. Her mother’s story, Katrina starts about a week before the day and traces the situation day by day moving forward. It is this juxtaposition that allows the reader to anticipate events, kinda.
Chloe and her mother do not get along. They haven’t since Chloe was a teenager. Chloe, a wild child, trying out things with no pause and not taking any advisor. Katrina, is a lawyer for a big law firm. She seems strict and buttoned up. Then Chloe came for dinner to see her mom and found the dinner overcooked and burning and no Mom. There was blood on the floor and blood on a shoe pushed under the couch. On top of this when she calls the police and her dad, she discovers that her dad is not living at home and has been lying to her. Suffice to say she began to realize that not everything is as it seems with her family.
Chloe takes to investigating her mother’s life to find out what happened and where she might be. The police keep trying to slow Chloe down, worried for her with some of the reckless people that could be angered. What Chloe finds out about her family and friends, that she thought she knew – well she didn’t know them.
Moving forward I am going to look for more books by this author. I love how Chloe searched for her mom. I loved how her Mom stood watch over her. I loved how there were twists and turns that were unexpected. I love how the author used the two storylines with each character starting from a different spot. Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberely McCreight was a good thriller.
