{"product_id":"9780399181528","title":"The Bad Daughter: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller of family intrigue and dark secrets, from the author of \u003ci\u003eSomeone Is Watching \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e See Jane Run\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere was no shortage of words she could use to describe her father, almost none of them complimentary. \u003c\/i\u003eServes you damn right,\u003ci\u003e she thought.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A voice mail from her estranged sister, Melanie, sends Robin’s heart racing and her mind spiraling in a full-blown panic attack. Melanie’s message is dire: Their father, his second wife, and his twelve-year-old stepdaughter have been shot—likely in a home invasion—and lie in the hospital in critical condition.\u003cbr\u003e             \u003cbr\u003e It’s been more than five years since Robin turned her back on her father when he married her best friend. Five years since she said goodbye to her hometown of Red Bluff, California, and became a therapist. More than two years since Robin and Melanie have spoken. Yet even with all that distance and time and acrimony, the past is always with Robin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now she must return to the family she left behind. As she attempts to mend fences while her father clings to life, Robin begins to wonder if there is more to the tragedy than a botched burglary attempt. It seems that everyone—Robin’s mercurial sister, her less-than-communicative nephew, her absent brother, and even Tara, her father’s wife—has something to hide. And someone may have put them all in grave danger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Joy Fielding has written a gripping edge-of-your-seat thriller of family intrigue and dark secrets. \u003ci\u003eThe Bad Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e explores the deadly differences between the lies we want to believe and the truths we wish not to know.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Bad Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“So expert is [Joy] Fielding at seeding clues that readers will never see the final plot twist coming. The acutely portrayed family dynamics lend pathos and a certain schadenfreudian frisson to the proceedings. An author who knows her way around suburban angst.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Fielding, a sure hand at psychological suspense, amps up tension nicely here as the narrative reaches a high-energy conclusion.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[Keeps] the reader turning the pages until the bombshell final shocker.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42416870817853,"sku":"9780399181528","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780399181528_p0.jpg?v=1771590639","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780399181528","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}