Daughter of Mine – Book Review

When Hazel Sharp, daughter of Mirror Lake’s longtime local detective, unexpectedly inherits her childhood home, she’s warily drawn back to the town—and people—she left behind almost a decade earlier. But Hazel’s not the only relic of the past to return: a drought has descended on the region, and as the water level in the lake drops, long-hidden secrets begin to emerge…including evidence that may help finally explain the mystery of her mother’s disappearance.

Daughter of Mine follows the story of Hazel Sharp who returns back to her childhood town Mirror Lake to attend her father’s funeral. She didn’t really want to return back as the small town a some hidden secrets–her own mother who is a criminal mysterious left after she was caught through the CCTV of an ATM machine withdrawing money. Then because of the on going drought, a car was found deep in the lake. No one knows who this car belongs to.

Hazel has inherited the house from her father–which did not go well with Caden her brother. Behind the house is another lake and discovers another car deep in the lake. As the police retrieve the car from the lake, Hazel realizes that the car actually belonged to her mother. Not only that–Hazel feels that someone doesn’t want her to be living in the house and wants her to leave…

This was an unputdownable thriller. The unique thing about this book is each chapter begins with the day of no rain and the amount of precipitation. The book is divided into four parts–mother, fathers, sons and daughter, which is an interesting concept in the book. The story mainly follows family dynamics, issues and problems and the community in the small town, how everyone seems to know each other. Hazel seems to be having complicated relationships with everyone in the town and seems to not trust anyone. There were some twists and turns and the killer revealed at the end was quiet unexpected in my opinion.

Other thing is, the atmosphere in the book is detailed. I like reading about the descriptions of lake, the small town, and as a reader, it makes you feel like you are also a part of this small town as well. I actually enjoyed reading those descriptions.

Overall this book is worth four stars.