Pub date: 8/29/23
Genre: suspense/mystery
Quick summary: A baby is stolen, and years later, a woman is murdered. Edith, Clio, and Patience have lots of secrets, and it's time for them to come out.

I loved DAISY DARKER on audio, so I jumped at the chance to listen to GOOD BAD GIRL. Stephanie Racine is the perfect narrator for these twisty tales, and I also enjoyed Katherine Press' narration as well.

Other reviewers have mentioned that this one is a slow burn, and I agree. There are a lot of characters and a lot of background at the beginning of the book - and it's only the last 75% where things really start to get explained. This is not an audiobook you can listen to while multitasking.

In the end, Feeney pulls off a bunch of twists - the blurb doesn't call her Queen of Twists for nothing - but I was hoping for a little more payoff for my investment. I enjoyed this one, but it wasn't my favorite by her. That being said - she's still an auto-read (auto-listen?) author for me, 3.5 stars.

Thank you to Macmillan Audio for providing an ALC in exchange for an honest review.

"Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things."

This book will make you think about whether it's okay to do wrong if it will benefit someone else?
20 years ago a baby was taken from a stroller in a market. Not much has been said or investigated about it until now. Pieces that have been lost have resurfaced when two murders occur in a nursing home. Edith, an 80 year old resident in the nursing home, is devastated that she has been moved here against her will. She is angry at her daughter Clio and makes it known to everyone that visits. One girl that she trusts is Patience, an aide in the nursing home. As she plans her escape without her children's knowledge, she also changes her will so they will receive nothing from her estate.

Patience is 18 years old and angry at her mom that she has not spoken to in a year. She loves Edith's eccentric personality and her fight to leave the residence. Before the fruition of the escape, she is fired from her job. Patience's mom, Frankie, is a prison librarian and is searching for her daughter and plays a big role in the story.

With four threads of characters, this book comes full circle and will leave you on the edge of your seat weeding through dark secrets waiting to be revealed. The dialogue is compelling and clever. This may be one of my favorites of Alice Feeney's but then it would be hard to choose from them all.
Thank you Netgalley and Macmillan audio for this incredible ARC in exchange for my honest review. Great job to the narrators Katherine Press and Stephanie Racine for their incredible depiction of this book.

Holy twists and turns!! This was such a great book! I listened to the audio, and the narrators were AMAZING! This is only my second Alice Feeney book, and I’m now a huge fan. This book had me from the beginning. I started off wondering what the connection was, but never would’ve guessed the ending. And there was a lot of guessing on my part. This was a well thought out delivery of the lives of the characters and how they were all intertwined. A slow burn that I really enjoyed. Definitely recommend!

Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan audio for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest and voluntary review!

You’ll want to approach this read with a bit of patience. It’s all going to seem a bit confusing. But hang in there! When it finally comes together it will all be worth it!🤩

Speaking of patience, she’s one of our main characters. Patience works in a nursing home, off the books. She has her favorite residents of course, including Edith.

We also have Frankie, a woman working as a prison librarian. Her daughter is missing and naturally she’s shattered!

Lastly is Clio. Edith’s daughter who works as a psychologist and lives in her beloved pink house.

Between these characters, a missing baby and a murder in the nursing home, it felt like a box of random, un-connectible puzzle pieces. It took me half the book to assemble enough pieces together to understand what it was starting to look like.

Sit back, sip your tea, and know that you’re in for a twisty treat by the time you reach the end! Alice Feeney once again delivers a brilliantly written thriller! Bravo!🙌

The audio was well narrated by Katherine Press and Stephanie Racine.

A buddy read with Susanne!

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan audio 🎧

I'm a big Feen Feen fan. I love how she uses the same narrator for her books. She did a marvelous job. The character building and story telling was gripping and I had to listen to it straight thru because that's the only way to listen to her books lol. They're that good

I've never read anything by this author that I haven't liked, and this is no exception. This may be my favorite so far. Her writing style is engaging and easy to read, and pairs wonderfully with the audiobook version. I thought at first I knew what was going to happen, but was pleasantly surprised with a nice twist. The characters were flawed and fascinating, which makes for some interesting reading. The narrator was great as well, which can make or break a book for me. I would highly recommend this book and this author to anyone who loves a good mystery, some thrills and great storytelling. Well done!

4 mainPOV’s.

20 years ago a baby was stolen from a stroller a nursing home employee is killed. What do these 4 women have to do with it?

Auto-buy author in the thriller genre.

It’s a twisty turny story with plenty of misdirection, lies, deceit, despicable behavior & unreliability that this author is known for.

Edith’s a lively octogenarian who was tricked into a nursing home.

Patience/Nelly is 18 & works at the nursing home where evil appears to be afoot.

Clio is Edith’s seemingly uncaring daughter who has multiple secrets.

Frankie works in the library at the women’s prison.

Add-in a young over achieving Detective with an ax to grind, a horrible excuse for a son, Liberty the incarcerated hacker & Dickens the lovable dog & the story baffles in multiple ways.

Thank you NetGalley & Macmillan Audio. I look forward to Alice Feeney’s next story!b

TW: Cheating, language, drinking, toxic family relationships, death of parent, classism

*****SPOILERS*****
About the book:Twenty years after a baby is stolen from a stroller, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth.Edith may have been tricked into a nursing home, but at eighty-years-young, she’s planning her escape. Patience works there, cleaning messes and bonding with Edith, a kindred spirit. But Patience is lying to Edith about almost everything.Edith’s own daughter, Clio, won’t speak to her. And someone new is about to knock on Clio’s door…and their intentions aren’t good.With every reason to distrust each other, the women must solve a mystery with three suspects, two murders, and one victim. If they do, they might just find out what happened to the baby who disappeared, the mother who lost her, and the connections that bind them.
Release Date: August 29th, 2023
Genre: Mystery - Thriller
Pages: 320
Rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

What I Liked:
1. Love the writing style
2. The who did it plot
3. The mystery sucked me in

What I Didn't Like:
1. The ending just seemed too much

Overall Thoughts:
This book was a lot of fun. All the characters were so interesting and I was absorbed in the story. The complex story with the mother/daughter was interesting.

All the chapters end on cliffhangers that start other characters chapters. I never felt weighed down at the multiple pov's.

I was very fond of Detective Chapman. She was whimsical and great.

I am convinced there are only 5 people that reside in the UK. It's just so ridiculous to think how tight knit everything was that everyone some how knew or was friends with each other but that the other person in their lives never saw them. It all gets to be too much and you really have to open your mind so much to enjoy this one. At some points I had to stop reading so I could remember who each person was.

The ending got away into this convoluted mess. Frankie being sisters with Patience but managing to find Cleo's home just because she had a name from a newspaper was far fetched.

Final Thoughts:
The reveal of Frankie taking Cloe's baby was predictable.

Despite all of that though I still very much enjoyed the ride this book gave us. The characters didn't annoy me and I was invested in the mystery of it all.

Recommend For:
• Fans of Agatha Christie
• Complex family stories

4.25
I have enjoyed everything I’ve read of Alice Feeney’s and this one did not disappoint. It definitely leans more towards mystery than thriller but a great read nonetheless! #netgalley

One baby given up for adoption, one stolen from their stroller. One mother who has struggled to recover from that loss and with her relationship with her own mother. Lots of complicated relationships to navigate in this novel.

Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things.

Twenty years after a baby is stolen from a stroller, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth.

Edith may have been tricked into a nursing home, but at eighty-years-young, she’s planning her escape. Patience works there, cleaning messes and bonding with Edith, a kindred spirit. But Patience is lying to Edith about almost everything.

Edith’s own daughter, Clio, won’t speak to her. And someone new is about to knock on Clio’s door…and their intentions aren’t good.

With every reason to distrust each other, the women must solve a mystery with three suspects, two murders, and one victim. If they do, they might just find out what happened to the baby who disappeared, the mother who lost her, and the connections that bind them.

My Thoughts: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@alicewriterland is an auto-buy author for me and her newest dark and twisty mystery is packed full of secrets and morally ambiguous characters. Told through multiple POVs and dual timelines, you will be captivated from page one and find yourself questioning each unreliable character. The way each character’s life is interconnected through the present murders and past missing baby are brilliant! Feeney never fails to leave me 💯 satisfied with her shocking conclusions. The audiobook narration by Katherine Press and Ste phanie Racine was propulsive and full of nuanced emotions. Patience’s youth and naïveté were clear and the Clio and Frankie’s anguish over their missing daughters brought tears to my eyes! Excellent performances!

Thank you to @netgalley @macmillan.audio for my advanced listener’s copy in exchange for my honest review.

Good Bad Girl grips you right from the very beginning.

A story that unravels through multiple POVs, has you grasping for more with every little piece of information pulled back layer by layer. With two murders, three suspects, and one victim, you're left second-guessing the outcome right up until the reveal at the end.

With each character's rotating perspective, we're given the pieces of the puzzle from the outside in until finally the piece that links everything together and completes the picture is placed at just the right moment. A reveal that wasn't anticipated left me longing for more even at the end of the story.

A wonderfully written mystery that keeps you intrigued and wanting the next piece with each passing chapter.

I absolutely loved every twist and turn that this book took me on! I did not expect many of them, and was left with my mouth hanging open. Also, that ending! Wowzers!! You did it again Alice, I am so thankful I was able to get an ARC of this book!

Everybody has a mother, yet not everybody has a mothers love. The love a daughter has for her mother is imperative.
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Sometimes good people do bad things and Sometimes doing the wrong thing feels right. Fact: choices made early in life follow you into the present.
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As a parent, you try to instill a sense of right and wrong in your kids. But as a parent, you usually get it wrong more often than you get it right.
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Frankie Fletcher’s daughter is missing. Frankie spends her days working as a prison librarian.
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Patience spends her days working at the Windsor care home. She met Edith in the care home.
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Edith’s spends her days living at Windsor care home. She rather be in her own home with her dog. The end of her story is the beginning of there’s.
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Cleo Kennedy is Edith’s daughter. Cleo spends her days counseling patients in her home.
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Alice Feeney’s newest psychological thriller Good Bad Girl is a sensational story about mother’s and daughters and the secrets and lies they tell each other to survive. Feeney paints her characters both in good and bad light. It’s a vicarious game balancing the good and bad in one’s life. Life rewards good deeds while punishing bad deeds. These are good people who made bad choices.
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Feeney’s writing style is clean and concise. This is a thought provoking story allowing readers to explore the characters choices. Feeney delivers a riveting plot concept capturing audiences attention from the start.
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All four characters are interconnected by choices. Try as I might I wasn’t able to solve this murder mystery on my own. Feeney wrote a clever plot twist leaving readers with a mind blowing outcome. I like to think myself a pretty good amateur detective until I met the words and clever mind of Feeney.
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Good Bad Girl is about three suspects, two murders, and one victim. I enjoyed unriddling the secrets. Feeney left readers plenty of clues. She saved the best for last.
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What I wouldn’t give to have the ebook words to follow along with. Don’t get me wrong listening to this audiobook offers an exceptional experience. I’m more of an eyes and ears person.
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Katherine Press and Stephanie Racine are the two female performers. I’m not familiar enough with either of there voices to distinguish which part was narrated by who. Both were impressive in their voice acting skills.

An abducted baby, a nursing home murder and a lot of unreliable narrators.

Once again, Feeney got me with a major twist I didn't see coming. Love the way she weaves each individual plot line into an ending of bombshell reveals.

I did miss the creep factor in this book. His & Hers, Rock Paper Scissors and Daisy Darker all had a suspenseful element that made my skin crawl a bit. They kept me flipping pages and holding my breath. This was a great read but I just missed that feeling.

I will preface by saying I have read and liked several Alice Feeney titles. Unfortunately, I will need to rank this low. With the confusing POVs and timelines, musings of motherhood, and overt platitudes injected to move the plot along - Good Bad Girl did not resonate with me. About 80% through, the POVs began to intertwine, but it was an absolute slog to get there. The best part of this book was the fabulous narration by Stephanie Racine and Katherine Press. I appreciate when the same person is used for an author's titles.

Thanks to NetGalley and MacMillan audio for an advanced audio copy of this title!

Thank you to Net Galley and Macmillan audio for this advanced copy of the audiobook for Good Bad Girl.

Twenty years ago a baby was stollen from a carrier. Now, we are following four women after a woman is murdered in a nursing home. Throughout the book we are piecing together the puzzle of how all of these women are connected to each other and the event that occurred twenty years ago.

I really enjoyed this audiobook. Typically audiobooks are hard for me to stay focused on but this one I flew through and captivated my attention.

This was another fun twisty story from Alice Feeney where everything finally connects at the very end.

Alice Feeney is one of my favorite thriller authors. That being said, this book fell a little flat for me. I listened to the audiobook and had a hard time distinguishing between characters. There are four main characters, none of which are very likable. I finally found the storyline coming together around 60% into the book, but it never grabbed my interest.

Good Bad Girl AUDIO by Alice Feeney is purported to be a thriller but it falls short and is more of a mystery, if that. I listened to Daisy Darker and loved it so I went for this one and was disappointed. For one thing, I had it mostly figured out way before each reveal. It was a convoluted story of mothers and daughters, more than anything, and some of the women in it were seriously disturbed. As the relationships became more clear, the dysfunction also became more clear. It also confirmed my distrust of nursing homes and other homes for the aged. I simply did not love it.

The book was narrated by Katherine Press and Stephanie Racine who both did a credible job keeping a set of confusing characters separate from one another until each reveal took place. It was a purposely confusing book and these ladies did it justice.

I was invited to listen to a free audio version of Good Bad Girl by Macmillan Audio, through Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are mine. #Netgalley #MacMillanAudio #AliceFeeney #KatherinePress #StephanieRacine #GoodBadGirl

I love Alice Feeney books and was hooked into this one right away

At first I found it a bit confusing keeping up with the different characters on audio but it got easier.

(Spoiler alert)
I did not see the ending coming or how it all played out. I can’t imagine what Clio went thru having a child missing. One of my greatest fears.

The narrator did a good job and was enjoyable to listen.

This wasn’t my fav book by Feeney but was still good.