I received a DIGITAL Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book had my attention from the get go. I loved the two different points of view and how it got us to the outcome of the mystery.

My main problem with the story was how it ended. It feels like it ended way too quickly and I still had a few questions that I wanted answered. There were also tons of red herrings and the plot that came with it just felt like a little too much. Even as I was reading it I was questioning if all this information was needed.

3.5 stars rounded down

Really liked this one! I always love the settings in her books being from NY state, plot is always so twisty turny, and keeps you super engaged!

Will def be reading the next one!

My favorite types of thrillers are where everyone has something to hide, no one is really who the seem - and with multiple perspectives/timelines to keep you guessing.

When her mother Kat goes missing under suspicious circumstances, Cleo starts asking questions. Despite their strained relationship, she's worried - and that escalates as she starts digging.

Once I started, I had a hard time putting this down! I had a few different guesses for how it was going to go - what a fun summer thriller!

Thank you to Netgalley and to Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage and Anchor for an ARC.

A mother’s love is unconditional and for Katrina McHugh, it also has very few boundaries. She will do just about anything to keep her daughter, Cleo, safe. Unfortunately, all Cleo wants is the chance to become an independent young woman, after all, her mother has raised her to be strong and resourceful.

In McCreight’s newest thriller, we not only get a fast-paced compulsive read, but we also get to explore the complexities of a mother-daughter relationship that is full of love but fraught with tension.

When Cleo’s mother goes missing, we see the lengths she will go to find her mother while learning some hard truths about herself and her parents along the way.

This thriller follows two timelines. Katrina’s timeline traverses back and forth starting about a week prior to her abduction. The second timeline follows a linear path from Cleo’s perspective. McCreight also intersperses the book with trial notes, journal entries from Katrina’s youth and transcripts from Cleo’s sessions with her therapist. This helps to give you additional glimpses into their lives.

This book is full of twists and turns, and there is a large suspect list that spirals out from the point of her abduction. Although I did figure out part of the twist at the halfway point, McCreight kept me guessing and questioning if I was right until the very end.

Both the main characters were well developed but not always likeable and sometimes I called their decision into question, but I think that was very much the author’s plan.

If I had one complaint, it would be that the ending wrapped up a little too quickly and left me wanting answers. I guess that’s not necessarily a bad thing as days later I’m still thinking about it.

This was my second thriller by this author, but it won’t be my last. I can’t wait to see what she comes up with next.

I thoroughly enjoyed this 'emotional suspense' novel (author's description). It has a complex plot that centers around a lawyer named Katherine McHugh who works as a 'fixer' for high-level corporate businessmen and women. Her own life is rather a mess: she's recently separated from her husband of 20+ years and has a volatile relationship with her daughter Cleo who is attending NYU. One evening Cleo deigns to come home for dinner with her mother but when she arrives, she finds the door unlocked, food burning in the kitchen, signs of a struggle throughout the house, and her mother gone.

The timeline goes back and forth: from Kat's journal entries going back to 1993 when she lived in abusive group foster home; to the days leading up to her disappearance; to Cleo's attempts to figure out what happened to her mother and why. Interspersed are transcripts from Cleo's sessions with a psychiatrist as well as court documents from a suit against a major drug company. Sounds complicated but it all ties together well in the end and results in a riveting, page-turning story.

These characters are so real and well-drawn. A big part of the story (of course you knew this from the title) is the complex mother-daughter relationship between Kat and Cleo. Maybe they are just too much alike to get along. What a mess people make of their lives!

Many thanks to the author and publisher for providing me with an arc of this new suspense novel. My review is voluntary and the opinions expressed are my own.

Busy plot confusing at times but those readers who enjoy mother/daughter drama will like this book. Between all the notes, litigation, diary entries and unknown text, there was a lot going on. Not for me.

Kay loves her daughter and would do anything for her, but since Cleo has been a teenager things have just gotten progressively harder with her. She seems to hate Kat and nothing Kat does changes that. When Kat bags for Cleo to come home from college so they can talk, she agrees. When Cleo arrives home she finds dinner burning and her mom’s bloody shoe on the floor, along with a ransacked office. Cleo is then on a mission to find her mom and make up for lost time.

This was a solid book. The characters were developed well, the story was told thoroughly and there were twists I didn’t expect! I enjoyed it!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for the free e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Cleo comes home to find her mother, Kat, has mysteriously vanished from her Brooklyn home. In her search, Cleo finds that her mother is a "fixer", with a lot of secrets and enemies. Cleo has secrets of her own.

The story is told in alternating timelines of Cleo looking for Kat and Kat in the time period leading up to her disappearance. I loved the bond between the two women and layers that were revealed during the story. The tension builds wonderfully, there is plenty of mystery, twists, and the pacing is solid.

Highly recommend!!!

"Like Mother, Like Daughter" is a thriller unlike any other. With multiple intertwining stories, each chapter leaves you eager to see which narrative will unfold next. You may think you have it figured out, but you won't. It's a gripping read that will keep you on the edge of your seat and you'll find hard to put down.

I loved this book! I found it to be fast-paced, yet full of interesting characters and back stories. It kept my attention throughout, and had a very satisfying ending. Highly recommend!

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced readers copy of the book!

Like Mother Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight
Loved this book! It has everything in it that makes a book worth reading, mystery, mayhem and a twist. This book kept my interest throughout and made me want to turn the pages and keep going! Thank you Netgalley and the publisher and most definitely the author!

Awesome! I forgot how much I love a good thriller! This was a great thriller! I loved the mother, daughter dynamics which added a whole dimension to the enjoyment of the story. I will now be going back to read Kimberly McCreight's backlist!

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Like Mother, Like Daughter is a fast paced thriller that begins with Cleo, an NYU student coming home for dinner with her estranged mom, Kat. Cleo is greeted with the door open, dinner burning and her mom missing. Broken glass and Kat’s bloody slipper on the floor indicate foul play. Putting their differences aside, Cleo is determined to find her mom. While she digs into her mom’s past she discovers her mom is not just a lawyer but she’s a “fixer”, hired to make problems disappear. Who would kidnap her mom and why? Did she have enemies in her line of work? Was it her soon to be ex-husband who was after her for her money? So many twists had me guessing all the wrong people. I could totally see this as an episode of the tv series Tracker. Thank you to @netgalley and @Knopf for the advanced ebook! Put it on your TBR, comes out on July 30! #netgalley #knopf #book #noseinabook #thrillerbooks #bookstagram #booklover #bibliophile #likemotherlikedaughter

This was a fast and fun thriller. Kat and Cleo are navigating a complex mother/daughter relationship when Cleo discovers that her mother is missing. Not only that, her mother's true career is very different than what she presents to the world. This book has a lot going on and it did feel a bit chaotic at times. I found it hard to imagine a college age person getting so involved with such dangerous situations but that is what fiction is! However, the author does a great job weaving all of the storylines together and creating a very satisfying ending. Thanks to Kimberly McCreight, Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor | Knopf, and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Like Mother, Like Daughter is a fabulous thriller/mystery that I could not put down! I believe this is my first book by this author and I loved everything about it. The story, the characters, the revenge, the different time lines and the whole plot was so well executed. It just all worked great! A top fave for 2024! Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this early release. To be published 7/30/2024. Highly recommend it.

I received a gifted eARC of LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER by Kimberly McCreight from Knopf!

LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER follows mother Kat and her college aged daughter Cleo. Kat has pressured Cleo into making an appearance at home, but when Cleo shows up there is no sign of her mother and everything feels off. There is food burning on the stove and signs of blood as well. She goes quickly from annoyed at her mother's demands to worry for her missing mother.

Cleo calls in her father and the police, but also takes on a bit of investigating herself. Meanwhile, we also get flashback chapters from Kat's POV leading up to her disappearance to reveal what has happened in the proceeding months and weeks that have led to this point.

There are also inserts between chapters about a lawsuit against a drug company for knowingly releasing medications that caused issues for pregnant mothers and their babies, so do be aware of trigger warnings.

I struggled with this book in the beginning because I really didn't like any of the characters initially. Kat is a very (overly) involved mother and while she has good cause sometimes to try to lay down the law with her daughter, she did seem overly excitable. I grew to like her more as we got further into the book and got more of her messy back story that helped explained some of her behaviors.

Cleo came off largely as a spoiled brat in the beginning. She has gotten herself into some very bad situations and her lack of understanding why this would upset her mother was difficult to swallow. Once she reached the point of caring about what happened to her mother and taking the time to understand more of her mother's past, I did enjoy reading her POV much more.

There was no redemption for Kat's husband / Cleo's father. I loved to hate him right through the ending!

Once I got further into the book, the plot did suck me in and the second half was a full binge read. It didn't entirely make up for the slow start for me, but I think going into this book expecting a slower start and intentional confusion (I found the information about the drug company to take me out of the story a bit until we started to find out how it was connected) this is a good read.

I have been a fan of Kimberly McCreight since I read Reconstructing Amelia. I loved that book!

Cleo is a NYU student who goes home to Brooklyn to have dinner with her mom and finds her missing. There is food in the oven burning and there is a bloody shoe under the couch. Their relationship has been challenging to say the least, but Cleo knows something is wrong and takes it upon herself to find out what happened to her mom before it is too late. She ends up learning that her mom is not just a regular lawyer and that her father has some secrets as well.

This book is a quick, suspenseful read. It details the intricacies of a mother/daughter relationship. It is told in a non-linear timeline, which I did not mind, but makes it a little harder to follow the storyline. Overall, this was an enjoyable read. I could even see it being made into a movie.

I was thrilled to have the opportunity to read “Like Mother Like Daughter”. My first book by Kimberly McCreight was “Reconstructing Amelia”, which I loved and made me a fan. Her books seldom disappoint and I am always excited for a new release. “Like Mother Like Daughter” starts right in the middle of the action and alternates viewpoints between the mother and daughter. The plot moves at a good pace and while I had some parts figured out, there were also some unexpected surprises as well. It was a great read and I will be recommending it to fellow readers. Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and publisher for the digital ARC of “Like Mother Like Daughter” in exchange for my honest opinion.

Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC. I love Kimberly McCreight! I feel like I got bogged down in the middle of this one. It seems like it drug on forever and there was a ton of characters involved that I struggled to remember. If Cleo and Kat had the kind of luck I do I don’t think their story would’ve ended up in a nice little package but it is fiction after all. Despite the somewhat slow middle the ending was great and I was surprised by several of the revelations.

I was spellbound reading this mystery thriller. Cleo, a college aged daughter, comes to have dinner with her mother. She finds food in the oven, a puddle of blood and no signs of Kat. The story then unfolds jumping from a few weeks before to the present day search. Cleo didn’t know her parents were separated or that her father is having financial difficulties with his latest project. She didn’t know Kat is the powerful fixer lawyer for the law firm where she works. There is a big pharmaceutical company involved as well. There are a lot of twists and turns and Cleo searches for her mother and discovers lies from the people she trusts. Some things got a bit convoluted and there are many suspects. But I was on the edge of my seat waiting for the big reveal. I did want a bit more comeuppance for certain people but I more so wanted Cleo to find Kat and for them to have a good mother daughter relationship. Thank you to Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for the ARC and I am leaving an honest review.