arathi 's review for:

The Perfect Daughter by D.J. Palmer
4.0

4.5*

Many thanks to St Martin’s Press & Netgalley for a copy to read.
Grace Francone’s adopted 16 year old daughter, Penny Francone is found holding a bloody knife, covered in blood, standing over the body of a dead woman and is arrested for murder. But Penny claims that she doesn’t remember anything from that night – Grace is convinced that Penny is innocent and she couldn’t have killed Rachel Boyd, instead she is concerned that Penny suffers from dissociative identity disorder (DID) and possibly one of the personalities might know what happened! Penny is admitted in a psychiatric hospital while she awaits for her trial, she is seen by Dr. Mitch McHugh who has experience working with DID patients. Mitch has to decide if Penny is really suffering from DID or is she a cold hearted killer, and might be very good at fooling everyone.
A very fast paced, gripping thriller – as we dwell into the book we meet all of the personalities and that raises more questions than answers. Grace and family are running against time to prove that Penny is innocent and that there was someone else that night in Rachel Boyd’s house. The reveal was a good one towards the end and was totally worth the wait!