Loved this book! When it begins, NYU student Cleo has finally agreed to have dinner with her mother, Kat. The two have been estranged as a result of what Cleo sees as Kat's judgmental and micromanaging behavior. But when Cleo arrives, her mom is nowhere to be found. Dinner is burning, and Kat's bloody shoe is under the sofa. But who would want to harm a boring corporate lawyer like Kat?

We soon find out that appearances can be deceiving--Kat is her firm's "fixer" (think, The Godfather) and this leaves open the possibility that she may have lots of enemies. We hear from Cleo in the present and Kat in the past, as the pieces of the puzzle slowly come together. But this is more than just a suspense novel--at its heart is the complicated relationship between Kat and Cleo.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I received an advanced copy of Kimberly McCreight’s new novel. I’ve read all of her previous books, and this did not disappoint. She once again explores the complex relationships between mothers and daughters. The mystery was complex with several plot twists. I did not guess the way it ended. This is a must read for fans of mystery thrillers.

Thank you for the opportunity to preview Like Mother Like Daughter. This novel goes back and forth in time and between mother and daughter. They have a troubling relationship that goes back to birth. But they also love each other. The mom., Katrina, is a strong woman who is career oriented and sometimes controlling. The daughter, Cleo, is troubled and picks all the wrong people to be around.
Cleo’s father is absent but is still close to her and sometimes even Katrina. They are currently separated.
Dysfunctional is an understatement as we learn about the family dynamics.
And then Katrina disappears and no one knows where she is. But there is a bloody scene and suspicion of foul play is evident.
Where is Katrina?
The plot is suspenseful and intriguing.
As the novel progresses we learn more about the characters and their personalities.
And where and what happened to Katrina and how she became to be either a victim or a witness is central to the narrative.
Very good book that is relevant and very suspenseful. 4 stars

📜Like Mother, Like Daughter
✍️Kimberly McCreight
📠Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor
📚Mystery/Thriller, Fiction
🗓️Pub date: July 9, 2024

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✨Thank you @NetGalley and @aaknopf for providing me with an Advanced Reader Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

✨Starting right out of the gate with breathless tension, Cleo shows up to her mother’s house to find the stove on, oven burning a chicken dinner, bloodied shoe partly shoved under the couch, and her mother missing.

✨Katrina is not all she portrays herself to be. Not only is she a partner at her law firm, but she’s also their fixer, and not afraid to get her hands dirty.

✨ Delving into secrets tha belong in her checkered past, suspicious and threatening texts, an angry and jilted husband, and her daughter who thinks she’s ruined her life, Katrina has her hands full.

✨ Like Mother, Like Daughter explores the complexieties of a mother-daughter relationship—especially in the crucial teenage years—and what one mother will do to keep her child safe.

✨Expertly woven between dueling timelines, a police investigation, and Cleo’s own investigation, this book is a show stopper. I absolutely loved this book and couldn’t put it down! This is one to watch out for—a big hit!

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Just finished reading this book...what a page turner! I literally could not put this book down and stayed up WAY too late to finish it! This book is very well written, and the main characters fully developed. The history of the relationship between the mother, Kat, and daughter, Cleo, was revealed throughout the story, and so you understand how they came to be in their present situation/relationship. Kat's job and other relationships are also deeply explored. The story was suspenseful and well developed. I love a book that keeps you guessing and this book accomplished that so very well. I will definitely recommend this book to friends and family. I look forward to reading my next Kimberly McCreight novel. (This book was given to me by NetGalley for my unbiased opinion.)

3.5 stars rounded up. This is my first time reading a book by this author. I enjoyed it quite a bit, once I got into it. I thought it started pretty slowly and it was a struggle to stay interested. But about 1/3 of the way in, I was hooked! Lots of twists and turns which kept me guessing throughout the story.

Thank you to Netgalley and Knopf for my free eARC. All opinions are my own.

Cleo hasn't had the best relationship with her mother, but when she goes to her house for dinner she finds a bloody shoe and a puddle of blood on the floor. Her mom is missing and she has no idea where she could be. When she goes upstairs into her mother's room to look for clues, she finds her dad's side of the closet and dresser drawers are empty. She finds an open dating profile on her mom's personal laptop. As she starts unraveling secrets, she is getting closer to finding out where she is. She learns more about her mother's job and it's not what she thought and her father's secrets come to light.

This story starts out present but goes back and forth between Cleo's timeline of how long her om has been missing and her mom's timeline from the week prior to going missing.

Thank you to the publisher for this early e-galley!! I was thrilled to receive it and it moved immediately to the top of my list. From the first page, I was hooked and read this quickly. The story kept me guessing and I really enjoyed the honesty about motherhood. It isn't always easy but I also loved that Kat was a mother and also still a separate person with issues and dreams without loving her daughter any less. The only thing I'm disappointed about is that I no longer have a new McCreight book to look forward to this summer. Read this - you won't regret it! Highly recommend!

Wow! This thriller started off with a bang moving quickly with lots of twists along the way! Kat and Cleo - mother and daughter - felt real and relatable so I was fully invested with what they were doing and where they were at each moment. I think the short chapters flashing back and forth from present moment to the recent past worked really well and propelled the story. Without tying it up with a fancy bow, the ending was satisfying! It still left me with some questions at the end but I felt like these characters were friends of the family! Highly recommend! This book is now in my top 3 from McCreight - along with The Good Marriage and Deconstructing Amelia! Thank you Net Galley for an early copy with my honest review!

Kat is a multifaceted woman who has survived many things and is certainly capable of a lot. She would do anything for her daughter Cleo and only wants her to be safe and happy. Who knew that being the spitting image of her mother would bring the past into the present, which is exactly Kat's worst nightmare.

I enjoyed the dynamics of the relationship and seeing them from both perspectives. I appreciate the themes of this story, especially when we see how experiences shape who we become and who we choose to be.

4.5 stars! I loved the suspense and how the writing kept me on the edge of my seat. I liked the flow of past to present, going from Cleo’s perspective to her mother Katrina’s perspective, and it gave detailed, emotional insight on the dynamics of their relationship. I think every mother and daughter can somewhat relate to and understand Cleo and Katrina’s relationship - a mother just wanting what’s best for her child and trying to protect her as much as possible while the daughter feels like she is never good enough and just wants to be loved for who she is. Then add in a murder, pharmaceutical company lies vs the public, therapy sessions, and affairs and you have an unputdownable story!

This book was emotional, suspenseful, and had me thinking I knew how it was going to end but then completely caught me off guard!! 10/10 recommend!!

Kimberly McCreight does it again

Cleo, a student at NYU, arrives to her parents’ house in Brooklyn after her mom invited her over for dinner and a talk. Two clashing personalities, they haven’t even exchanged a text in three months. When Cleo arrives to the smell of something burning in the oven, a bloody shoe, shattered glass and no trace of her mother, she knows something is terribly wrong.
Alternating between mother and daughter, each chapter helps build the relationship between Katrina and Cleo, from the easy childhood mother-daughter love to the complexities of teenage and young adult years. Cleo is not the perfect college student, and with a lawyer mom who works as a “fixer”, things are bound to get complicated.
Like Mother Like Daughter is a fast paced novel that I thoroughly enjoyed. In spite of their strained relationship I was rooting for both Katrina and Cleo, as they had to navigate past and present secrets in order to unravel the truth.

Loved a good marriage but struggled with this one. Like Mother, Like Daughter is a thrilling novel of emotional suspense that questions the damaging fictions we cling to and the hard truths we avoid. Above all, it’s a love story between a mother and a daughter, each determined to save the other before it’s too late. Was a good story just not my favorite. Thank you NetGalley for this arc

Okay, so much I loved about this book! And at times I found it a little, um, boring?

The writing, impeccable. It was so easy to navigate, follow and connect with the characters. There was a lot going on, but when I don't have to flip back and forth the entire time to remind myself what is going on, that's a win to me.

Cleo walks into her parents home to find her mom missing and her bloody shoe. Things all sort of go downhill from there.
Cleo and her mom always had a relationship filled with turmoil. However, deep down, Cleo loves her mom, even if it isn't always obvious. But with her mother missing, Cleo is determined to find the answers and find her mom.

So much happens in such a quick time. It truly felt like days. Racing against the clock to find Kat. Is she alive, is she dead, did she run away? So many questions! This book took me way longer to get through then I would have liked. Life just sometimes gets in the way, but if I could have, this would have been a sit and read in one day kind of book.

There was two different stories being told throughout which I found interesting. Two webs. One web from the past and one from the current. But the reminder is: your past haunts you sometimes.

So many twists and turns and interesting storylines. I felt like I was in the thick of this mystery alongside Cleo the entire time. Feeling the emotions.

I loved Cleo as a character and the underlining mother/daughter relationship. It was so relatable. Moms and daughters don't always see eye to eye but there is something so special about that dynamic. McCreight really shows this in such a warm, raw fashion.

I did (eventually) see where the plot was leading to and did predict some parts.

Overall I give this 3.7 stars and I'd totally recommend it!

Thank you so much to NetGally and the publisher for this early release in exchange for my honest opinion!

This was one of those books where there are multiple stories that you are trying to figure out how they all connect. At the end, it is wrapped up nicely, but there definitely points in this book where I just had to trust the author because I was confused. It's definitely hard to put down for that reason as I kept thinking if I read just one more chapter, I'll understand what is happening and where we are going.

It's definitely a great thriller to start 2024 with!

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book. I gave it a 4, but it’s really just shy of that. The writing is good, the story moves along. Kat is branded as the bad parent by her soon to be ex Aidan and their daughter, Cleo, buys into it. Kat will stop at nothing to protect their daughter, but she makes some decisions that aren’t well thought out. Cleo makes a lot of decisions based on emotions. And Aidan is so smarmy you can feel the oil roll off of him. They all have secrets. Kat was raised in an orphanage after her parents abandoned her. Cleo is a student at NYU who hooks up with a drug dealer to make a little money. Aidan is a “filmmaker” who has never completed a project. Kat is a corporate lawyer handling somewhat unusual transactions.

This is a multi layered criminal thriller. We aren’t looking at just one criminal event. Every chapter brings a new twist to the suspect list. At one point the only person I could count out was me!

I loved this book! I loved the different perspectives and fast pace. Each time I finished a chapter, I wanted to start the second, to uncover what happened to Katerina.

Thank you to Knopf, Kimberly McCreight and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my review. This book is slated to be released on July 9, 2024.

What a fun thriller!!!! Kat, a smothering mother, demands that her daughter, a college student, come home for a talk. But when Cleo gets home her mother is not there. There has been a sign of a struggle and instantly Cleo goes on the alert. She knows her mother. She knows something bad has happened. Afterall like mother, like daughter. Cleo will stop at nothing to find out what happened and to try and find her mother. Very good twisty thriller

The book starts with the mother Katrina going missing. Her daughter Cleo comes home anad her Mom is gone and only a broken glass and bloody shoe is left. Cleo's dad who is in the process of divorce with Katrina runs home but her dad has a new family so isnt much help. Cleo's most recent interest dies in a car crash and what else could go wrong? There is a bunch of the book that discusses a pharm company whose drug is causing birth defects. There were a bunch of twists and turns in the book that I didnt see coming and it kept me guessing.

Like Mother, Like Daughter is a twisty murder mystery about a missing hit power attorney.

I did not like this book. There were no heros. Although all of their secrets were revealed, none of the characters were sympathetic and there was no redemption for any of them.