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A Tale as Old as Patty Hearst

The Good Girl by Mary Kubica

August 24, 2021 by Zirza Leave a Comment

Oh boy, where to begin with this one.  On a crisp autumn evening, art teacher Mia is kidnapped by Colin, a low level criminal. He is supposed to hand her over to a notorious gangster who plans on using Mia to demand ransom from her influential lawyer dad. But Colin knows the gangster, knows what’ll happen to Mia, and impulsively decides to take Mia away himself. He takes her to an abandoned cabin in the woods where they settle in for the winter. As Colin […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: crime thriller, female-centric thrillers, Mary Kubica, Stockholm Syndrome, The Good Girl

Zirza's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: crime thriller, female-centric thrillers, Mary Kubica, Stockholm Syndrome, The Good Girl ·
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Stockholm Syndrome

March 19, 2017 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump, mostly because I just wanted to go sit in my car and finish Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, beginning but not sticking with a few books in the last week. The Good Girl finally hooked me from beginning to end. It’s not Gone Girl but it has a certain level of suspense to keep most readers interested. “I didn’t set out to be a bad mother, however. It just happened. As it was, being a bad mother […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Mary Kubica, The Good Girl

Caitlin_D's CBR9 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Mary Kubica, The Good Girl ·
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Is Good a Euphemism for Stupid?

June 29, 2015 by Melina 6 Comments

As you can see I picked up just about any book that someone said was like Gone Girl or Girl on the Train this summer…and I’ve been burned people, burned I say!  But YOU may love it because it looks like my opinion is not the popular sentiment. Mia Dennett is a 25 year old art teacher and daughter of a judge.  One evening, after her boyfriend stands her up she makes the decision to go home with a man named Colin whom she meets […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: CBR7, harlequin, Mary Kubica, Melina, Stockholm Syndrome, Stupidity, The Good Girl, worst book of the summer

Melina's CBR7 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: CBR7, harlequin, Mary Kubica, Melina, Stockholm Syndrome, Stupidity, The Good Girl, worst book of the summer ·
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