I honestly didn't know where this story was going for the most part and I loved it! It is so well structured and the messy family dynamics made this a really interesting thriller that was hard to put down. My suspicions kept shifting from one person to the next and back up until the final chapters. Also, I absolutely love reading a thriller where the main character isn't a complete idiot.

Thanks to Quercus Books and NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

‘Daughter of Mine’ by Megan Miranda is an atmospheric slow-burn thriller set in the small town of Mirror Lake. The book begins with our main character, Hazel, returning to the town after the death of her father who was the police force’s most respected detective and a pillar of the community. When she learns that she has been left everything in the will, forsaking her brothers Gage and Caden, things don’t feel quite right and the ominous vibes grow as persistent drought shrinks the mesmerising lake that is the town’s namesake and reveals long-buried secrets in its usually hidden depths.

The pace of this novel felt quite slow to me, even though the events took place over a short timeframe, so I did find myself trying to race through some of the chapters rather than savouring every word. I liked the way each of the sections of the book ended with a stunning revelation and appreciated how the “X days since precipitation” built atmosphere until the rain finally started, which was a perfect metaphor for the town’s secrets to finally begin to escape.

Overall, this was a 3.5 star read for me - a tense thriller with deliciously damaged family dynamics and an immersive small-town setting that was ultimately satisfying despite not being quite as gripping as I hoped.

I received an advance Digital Review Copy of this book from the publisher Quercus via NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Hazel returns to her childhood home, her resentful brothers, her Father has passed and bad memories lurk around every corner.

When her sister in law vanishes and she starts feeling like she’s being watched Hazel finds herself in the middle of something she doesn’t understand and that puts her at risk.

This is my favourite Megan Miranda of late. Creepy, unsettling and tangled with mystery this is exactly the kind of solid thriller i’ve come to expect from Miranda.

Here we follow Hazel Sharp as she reluctantly returns to the small town of Mirror Lake, her childhood home, after the death of her detective stepfather. Unexpectedly, she has become the sole inheritor of her fathers estate, a decision that has left her two brothers cut from the will.
However, the current situation is not the only source of sadness and tension, for Hazel’s mother disappeared from this very place when Hazel was just a child, never to be seen again.
Now Hazel is finally home she is forced to confront the mysteries of her past as a severe drought not only brings several cars to the surface of the lake, but several secrets too.

This is a great small-town mystery, one that kept me guessing until the very end. Like Hazel, the reader also doesn’t know who to trust. Comprised of punchy, short chapters, Daughter of Mine is a compelling thriller that kept me turning pages long into the night. It’s a slow burn to begin with but the pace quickens as the atmosphere gets more and more tense. This is a story of multiple mysteries and is packed with twists and turns. Simply put, I really enjoyed it. If you’re a fan of Megan Miranda’s work and appreciate a twisty small-town thriller, this is one for you!

Thank you to both @netgalley and @quercusbooks for a copy of this in exchange for my honest thoughts.

What a book, read in a day as you have to keep reading it. It’s an engrossing domestic thriller.

Hazel has to return to the town she grew up in to attend her fathers funeral, her brothers Gage and Caden still live there and work on the local police force. Her mother went missing years earlier, but she had left a note. The house is on a lake, but with a dry spell the water is drying up and revealing secrets. Secrets that have been undisturbed for years.

Great read with realistic police work and the characters all work so well in the books. 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for a copy.

DNF’d - the writing style felt as though the author was trying too hard. The opening chapters didn’t entice me enough to continue; was feeling more like a chore than a pleasurable reading experience. Have enjoyed other work by this author but unfortunately this is not one of her better works.

I enjoyed this book but I found the build up a little slow. The characters were good, as was the plot and twist.

Megan Miranda did it again. She wrote another one of her small town very atmospheric mysteries. This time however I am finally handing her the 5 star rating.

This has such a dark atmosphere. Think of a small town. Cop family. A draught. A lake. And whatever comes to light when that lake slowly dries up. Think missing people. Missing money. Think about grief and inheritance. And so much more.

For the first time Megan Miranda had me a bit fooled. I usually complain about these mysteries being a bit predictable and I almost did with that one too but then there was always that little bit of doubt. The characters were great and the plot just had me absolutely engrossed. It was the first book in a while that I could have read in one sitting if I had the time for it.

Thank you to #netgalley and the publisher @quercusbooks for providing me with an e-arc of #DaughterOfMine in exchange for my honest review.

𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨
𝗗𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝐛𝐲 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮
𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚎: Psychological Thriller
𝙿𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜: 368
𝚁𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

"𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆'𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆?" 👀

Hazel is back home In Mirror Lake for her Dads funeral. A car is pulled out of lake the same day as her fathers funeral.

Her Dad was the local cop, both her brothers Gage & Caden are also in law enforcement.

The house is left to Hazel in the will & Caden her brother wants to contest the will.

Another car is found in the lake. Wait until you find out who the two cars belong to 😱

Her sister in law then goes missing, then an 18 year old student... So many weird things happening that you just want to get to the bottom of it all to find out what the fck is happening.

You will literally suspect everyone and not guess who it is until the moment its revealed.

This book bought out so many eerie feelings & I could not put it down. I also may have yelled at some of the charcaters while reading.

Another great ARC thanks @meganlmiranda and @netgalley

Wow, wow, wow! Megan Miranda has outdone herself with her latest novel Daughter Of Mine. This is by far my favourite of hers to date and it pulled me out of my reading slump with gusto. I devoured this one in two sittings, it was gripping and fast paced and constantly kept me thinking about how it would all unravel.
I was invested in all the characters, even the ones I did not like, the development of each was paramount to the story line and Megan nailed it in spades. There was nothing about Daughter Of Mine I did not like, it drew me down its rabbit hole for the duration and kept me turning pages on warp speed.
A huge 5 stars from me, add it to your list immediately, you will not want to miss this one. Thank you to NetGalley and Quercus Books for this early reading copy it is one I will recommend to anyone who will listen.

I didn’t find this book memorable. It was a basic story that the author tried to pad out. Unfortunately not for me.

I wasn't sure if this book would be fast paced enough for me when I started reading, but I need not have worried. It completely threw me over how people died, who did it and why! I also wasn't planning on reading it in a day, but I kept thinking ' just one more chapter'. There were plenty of twists and I was completely wrong on nearly everyone I suspected of something. Definitely on my recommend list

Megan Miranda manages yet again to have a small town story with a hidden past and make it completely different to her other books. It was interesting, atmospheric and compelling, with twists and turns all over the place. Highly recommend if you have enjoyed her previous books and it’s a good book to start with if you’ve not read any yet.
Thank you for the opportunity to read this book.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Quercus Books for an advance copy of Daughter of Mine, a stand-alone thriller set in South Carolina.

Hazel Sharp reluctantly returns to Mirror Lake when she inherits her father’s house, but she’s not the only one putting in an appearance. A drought has caused the water levels to drop in the lake and the past is coming to light.

I thoroughly enjoyed Daughter of Mine, which slow burns with tension from the start and includes so many twists and turns. I was riveted from start to finish and read it in one sitting. The novel is told entirely from Hazel’s point of view so everything is seen through the lens of her experience. It works extremely well because she’s a practical person, albeit with issues, like her mother abandoning her, so her nervousness at certain events has a greater impact.

There are plenty of events and history in the novel, but there are no serious action scenes until the final showdown. This does not make it lifeless, rather each happening ratchets up the tension and leaves the reader wanting more. I find the author’s writing compulsive as she is able to gradually build her plot up to a towering crescendo from a myriad of small developments and reveals, offering the reader plenty of potential suspects and motives along the way. Nothing is certain for the bulk of the novel until it all becomes clear at the denouement. Basically it is a novel of family secrets and misunderstandings.

Daughter of Mine is a good read that I have no hesitation in recommending.

“Daughter of Mine” is a slow burner but it sneaks up on you. With each page the feeling of unease grows.



Hazel returns to her small hometown at Mirrow Lake in North Carolina after the sudden dead of her father, Perry. To her surprise he left her the house despite she is not his biological daughter and there are two brothers who are his. Gage, the eldest, she felt close. But with Caden, who is her age, she never got along. He always let her feel that she was an intruder. Her mother left their father after emptying his bank account, but Perry always treated Hazel like his own. But she wonders why he left the house only to her. Her brothers are not amused about the situation. When two cars are found in the lake, abandoned there years ago, long held secrets begin to unfold.



This mystery/suspense thriller has a growing sense of unease that kept me on my toes. You can feel that there is something not right in this family and at some point you think everybody could be interested in harming Hazel. The characters are all very well written except for Hazel. This is something I came across a lot recently in the books I’ve read. Very often the main characters are so dull or stupid and they are only created somebody has to narrate the story. I can't remember the last time I really liked the main character and felt for them. Is this a new trend? Nevertheless, I enjoyed the eerie atmosphere and the compelling story.

Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda is an excellent thriller. A small towns buried secrets is always a bit with me, and this particular book is full of clever twists while keeping up a great pace.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy of this book.

When her dad dies Hazel inherits his house on Mirror lake. She begins to spend more time there. But somebody doesn’t want her there. Secrets are hidden and the hey might just be the truth about what happened to her mum years before.

I must confess that this was almost a did not finish. It starts really slowly and if I’m honest I’m quite a dull manner. I get it now though. The author was building a descriptive picture and I was fully pulled in once I got into the story. Hazel tell the tale and there is a lot of her thoughts making conclusions. The characters were believable and it was really difficult to see who Hazel could trust. A slow burner but I’m glad I stuck with it. Really enjoyed it in the end and I was really satisfied with the ending!

I finished reading 'Daughter of Mine' by Megan Miranda in just two days, and it proved to be the perfect remedy for my reading slump. Initially, I anticipated some detective work from the police officers, who happen to be the brothers of the main characters. However, the book took me by surprise as it delved into the idea of a small town harboring its secrets, where everyone is considered family, and the truth is often buried to maintain the status quo. The town's inhabitants, especially those in law enforcement, seem bound by an unspoken code to uphold the town's secrets.

The protagonist, Hazel, finds herself thrust into action by three significant events: the discovery of a car in the lake, the sudden death of a local detective, and the revelation that Hazel inherited everything from her father while her brothers received nothing. This familial drama resurfaces long-buried secrets from Hazel's past, including her troubled relationship with her mother, sparking accusations among her brothers, and prompting Hazel to uncover the truth about a past accident and disappearance.

As Hazel delves deeper into her investigation, she faces resistance from the town's tight-knit community, encounters strange occurrences in her own home, and becomes increasingly concerned when her childhood best friend goes missing, and her family displays an unsettling lack of concern. Notably, all the wives of the Hunt men, Hazel's father and brother, have mysteriously disappeared.

The book maintains a fast-paced narrative, keeping me engrossed until the early hours of the morning. While there were moments of frustration as progress seemed elusive due to everyone's complicity in protecting one another, the pace accelerates towards the conclusion. Although I found the ending a bit too neatly tied up for my liking, I can overlook this minor flaw.

Overall, 'Daughter of Mine' earned a rating of 4.25 from me

Megan Miranda is my favourite author and I will always read every book she writes. I liked the multiple mysteries throughout that tie together at the end and the creepiness/isolation of the lake house that is the centre point to the story. This was another of her brilliant mystery thrillers and I couldn't put it down until I'd read it all.

thank you to netgalley for providing me with an arc of this book!

our main character returns to her childhood town after the death of her detective father and ends up inheriting her house which leads to some strain in the relationship between her and her brothers. on top of that she's also still trying to figure out the disappearance of her mother when she was a child and random cars that keep showing up in nearly dry lakes after a drought.

first of all: for a synopsis that focuses so heavily about the lack of rain and a drought, it doesn't really end up being in the book all that much, which is a minor gripe, but it should've been my first red flag.

daughter of mine ended up being a very formulaic thriller, which doesn't really offer anything to get mad about, but also is completely skipable and forgetable. there is little to no tension until like the last 30 pages and at that point i had stopped caring.

the author really tried to fill up the story with some additional mysteries that aren't mentioned in the synopsis but most of them don't really end up having a major impact on the plot and feel like filler in an already quite 'light on the plot' book.

if you're lucky for a quick and easy domestic thriller, go for it, but don't expect much more than that.