Cleo a student at NYU comes home late for dinner to find food burning in the oven and her lawyer mother missing along with a bloody shoe under the sofa. Turns out mom isn't just a lawyer but a high firm fixer. The story is told in alternating POV's of mother/daughter from 8 days prior to current day. Another one that was a bit over the top but one I flew through. A fun thrilling ride and hit that psychological suspense spot where I just want to be entertained and not think too much about what I am reading.

Thank you NetGalley and Knopf for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! No spoilers. Beyond amazing I enjoyed this book so very much. The characters and storyline were fantastic. The ending I did not see coming Could not put down nor did I want to. Truly Amazing and appreciated the whole story. This is going to be a must read for many many readers. Maybe even a book club pick.

This is the first book I’ve read by this author, and I like how she writes. The slow reveal of little nuggets of information here and there, the focus on the mother/daughter relationship and all its complexities, and the spotlight on several characters who could have been the villain hit the right notes for me. This story reads quickly and has lots of twists and turns. A mother trying to protect her daughter and a daughter trying to find her mother, neither of them knowing who they can trust. What’s not to like? I thought some things would merge together more than they did, but maybe that would have been much too unbelievable. Some of the people who turned out to be rock solid surprised me! However, not all of the primary characters in this book are easy to sympathize with, so that kept me at a little bit of a distance emotionally. Even so, there was enough of a sense of urgency that I was invested and was excited to keepturning the pages. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a digital copy to review.

Thank you to NetGalley for the chance to read an early copy of this book. I love the author, but was a bit disappointed in this story. I struggled to get into it and I struggled to connect to the characters.

This was a great read really liked the mother main character. Wasn’t expecting so many twists at the end but they kept coming. Would recommend

This was a good read a little different than I had expected. It's a good missing person thriller but the ending left me a little underwhelmed. Overall an average read.

Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for the E-ARC.

All thoughts and opinions are honest and my own.

Like Mother, Like Daughter is a gripping, emotional read about family secrets and the bond between mothers and daughters. The twists kept me hooked, and the characters felt real and relatable. I would recommend checking it out!

I liked it, especially when things finally started coming together toward the end. Multiple POV’s, multiple timelines, and a lot of redirecting meant it took me a while to get my bearings. I had a suspicion about halfway thru that ended up being correct! The characters were not easy to like, they were all fairly unbearable actually. But I was kept entertained thru a particularly busy workweek, which worked well for me.

This was a good little thriller- quite unique and suspenseful. I liked the complex mother-daughter relationship at the center of the story and was invested throughout.

Love the cover, too! Thanks for the digital copy in exchange for an honest reivew!

A daughter races to uncover her mother's secret life in the wake of her disappearance. When Chloe, and NYU student, is summoned home to have dinner with her mother, Kat, she finds a bloody shoe and her mother is missing.
Kat is a buttoned up corporate lawyer, known as the firms fixer. Kat also has a dark secret from her life in a group home. There are so many sketchy characters in this book, from Chloe's father, Chloe's new boyfriend, Chloe's ex-boyfriend, and the law firm Kat works for. This twisted thrill ride will keep you highly engaged. It was a solid four star read. Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to review this.

This was a great thriller- unique and suspenseful. I liked the complex mother-daughter relationship at the center of the story.

This had me hooked with twists and turns that reveal hidden truths at every corner. The characters are well-developed, and the emotional intensity of the story makes it a page-turner.

I really enjoyed reading this. I have previously read Reconstructing Amelia from this author, and this was another good read. I will continue to read this author's work.

As Knopf puts it, this book unfolds as a “daughter races to uncover her mother’s secret life in the wake of her disappearance.” Kat, the mom, isn’t just an attorney. She’s a corporate fixer.

Obviously, mother-daughter relationships are at the core of this book. But what I loved most about “Like Mother, Like Daughter” was the white collar crime elements. I ate up the corporate thriller side of this story; that’s what kept me guessing until the very end. If you like family dramas and crime thrillers, you will devour this book.

Creepy, page-turny, and a good time! Didn't want to put it down. Would definitely recommend. Not an author I've read before, but I'll definitely be checking out more

I have had this book sitting in my Kindle for a while now. I finally decided to give it a read.
We are introduced to Katrina (Kat; the mom), Cleo (the daughter), Aidan (the father), the McHugh family. Talk about a messed-up family. Kat and Cleo are at odds with each other for various reasons, and Aidan seems lost with his own problems and not wanting to deal with theirs.
We also have Janine and Annie (a mother and daughter who live across the street from the McHughs). There’s some history between Cleo and Annie and how their friendship went up in smoke.
There’s Kyle, the boyfriend.
There’s Kat’s past that she chooses to keep buried and hopes no one looks too closely.
And Kat’s job? She’s a patent lawyer, but not your typical patent lawyer. There is the underlying story of Kat and her new relationship with Doug, and a lawsuit that involves Darden Pharmaceuticals. I was wondering how all this tied together and then it did. Kat’s boss seemed oblivious to the intricacies of this whole case.
There’s also Will, Cleo’s newest love interest.
I kept turning pages because I wanted to know how all of these intertwining stories related to each other, and as I was reading along, I was starting to develop a theory of the whodunit. I actually figured out the whodunit, just not the why. It was a convoluted trail to get there, with all the intertwining smaller stories. It’s a good twisty read.

I have enjoyed other books by Kimberly McCreight, so I was delighted to get a chance to read Like Mother, Like Daughter. I enjoyed this book as well and will recommend it.

Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for sharing this book with me.

This book surrounding the mystery of a mother’s sudden disappearance delivered everything I look for in a thriller — suspicion, tension and twists and turns galore. I enjoyed the way the story was told in alternating timelines leading up to and in the aftermath of the mother’s disappearance. I felt like both main characters — mother and daughter — were well fleshed out and I enjoyed the exploration of their complicated relationship. This book really kept me guessing as the surprising twists just kept coming. I would definitely recommend this book to fans of psychological thrillers and I’ll definitely be picking up more by McCreight in the future!

3.5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight is a captivating thriller that delves into the mystery of a missing mother and her daughter’s relentless quest to uncover the truth. The story is well-written with compelling characters, though it’s easy to get tangled in the dual POVs and shifting narratives.

Packed with twists and turns, this book was hard to put down, and its unique storyline added layers of depth. While some moments felt slightly disjointed, the intrigue kept me hooked throughout.

Overall, Like Mother, Like Daughter kept my interest, and I’d gladly read more from Kimberly McCreight in the future.

Thank you to #NetGalley, #LikeMotherLikeDaughter, and Knopf Publishing for the ARC. All opinions are my own and freely expressed.

Thank you so much @AAKnopf for giving me this ARC in exchange for my honest and unbiased review (Release Date | 30 July 2024)

SYNOPSIS | Cleo is a college student who has a strained relationship with her mother. She shows up to her mother's house for dinner only to find that she isn't there, the dinner is burnt and concerningly there is a bloody shoe. Cleo learns that there is more going on in her mothers life than she realised.

WHAT I LIKED:
- the way the story was formatted really helped build the tension
- learning about Kat's days leading up to the disappearance
- the inclusion of journal entries, therapist session notes, text threads and litigation paperwork

WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
- overall I felt like there was too much going on and it was hard to know where I should be focusing my attention
- the subplots made the story feel overly convoluted
- red herrings on red herrings on red herrings
- too many coincidental events
- the ending was somewhat lackluster