Good Bad Girl was a audiobook narrated by Katherine Press and Stephanie Racine. It was 9 hours and 21 minutes long. The narrators were great but the story wasn’t for me.
I was literally confused the first half and couldn’t keep it straight. I didn’t care for any of the characters and therefore had to make myself finish. It was a mediocre novel for me. Yep, that was my opinion.
Thanks Macmillan Audio via NetGalley.

I wanted to love this audiobook so much but it was so confusing to follow on audio. I ended up buying a physical copy once it came out because I just couldn’t keep up. If I had sat and done nothing but listen to it, I probably could have followed it but part of the role of audiobooks for me is being able to listen on the go. It jumped around so much that it made it difficult to follow and enjoyable to listen to. I’m not a new audiobook listener either, I’ve probably listened to 300+ audiobooks over the last 5 years but this is one of the few that I ultimately had to put down and get a physical copy. Nothing against the story or the narrator, just the story wasn’t designed for audio in my opinion. I used it to follow along with the physical copy I purchased.

The book itself once I got a hard copy was twisty and interesting. I really liked the storyline and it still had some darker themes that Alice feeney is known for, but it was good and one I will recommend in my library.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to listen to this audiobook.

Feeney never disappoints! This book is a slowly unraveling tale of family drama until the very end when the hits just keep coming as it all falls into place! I loved the characters and how complex the story was! I love how Feeney connects characters and their complex relationships. It’s a huge reason she’s one of my favorite authors! This one was reminiscent of Rock Paper Scissors in the pace and how the end just leaves you thinking back on the rest of the book! Now begins the long wait until her next book comes out!

When a recent murder in a care home is linked to a baby's kidnapping two decades earlier, the police have a difficult time sorting out the connection. The investigation is made more complicated by the fact that not everyone is telling the truth...... even about their own identity.

I struggled a little bit to keep the characters straight. I had to go back and restart chapters a couple times to keep things straight. This was probably due in large part to the fact that the three main characters were female. Ironically, that's something I really enjoyed about this book; I loved the fact that the main characters were women and the story rooted in a romance. This book definitely passes the Bechdel test!

Overall, while a little confusing at times, I really enjoyed it! Definitely my favorite of the last couple by this author!

This book kept my interest and the mystery didn’t lag or get boring. I figured out that Patience/Nellie was Cleo’s missing baby Eleanor. I found the descriptions of what the jail was like a little far fetched. I’ve never heard of computers in inmates’ cells. Usually they can only access them in a common room or a library.

I wasn’t expecting Frankie to be Nellie’s sister. We get a little of the back story of how Cleo got pregnant at 16 with Frankie and had to give her up. I thought it was nice that Nellie, Frankie and Cleo have a relationship at the end of the book. I don’t know how I feel about them getting away with killing Joy even if it was an accident. They should have called the police.

A trust no one domestic thriller involving kidnapping, murder and so many secrets!


Good Bad Girl is definitely one of those plots that you have to just go with, despite feeling confused, and let the pieces come together as the story unfolds. The plot is twisty and follows multiple perspectives and timelines. I enjoyed how Fenney cleverly connects the characters. There are lots of secrets, family drama and some darker thought-provoking themes involving the elderly and postpartum depression.

This is a slower moving story but I really appreciated how Fenney highlighted each main character being both good and bad. The mother-daughter relationships were tumultuous, wrought with emotion and built on far reaching mistakes.

The audio had two amazing narrators but I definitely would have benefitted from having a different narrator for each main character because the voices were quite similar and it wasn’t always easy to distinguish between the characters. Still, a fun & attention grabbing listen/read.

Good Bad Girl is classic Alice Feeney! It is full of twists and turns that you won't see coming. I highly recommend all of her novels. Good Bad Girl also made for a great audiobook!

This was a twisty mystery about a missing baby. Although it kept my attention throughout, the characters got muddled in my mind until the end. I enjoyed the ending and the audiobook narrator! Bonus points for describing a prison librarian's love for books!

I have read several other books by Alice Fenney. This is my favorite so far. I loved all the quirky characters. The writing style was similar to Laine Moriarty's. I highly recommend this book.
I enjoyed the narrator for the audiobook.
I received this galley from NetGalley.

Thank you to Macmillan Audio for the ALC of Good Bad Girl.
A baby was stolen from a supermarket twenty years ago, and a woman dies in a elderly care home. As unrelated as these two activities seem, there are connections forged between them, along with many overlapping characters, as this story progresses. It is hard to say more than that without giving key pieces away.
This was a quick listen, although I had a little trouble distinguishing the characters and found myself rewinding more than I usually do, because I felt like I had missed something important. I had an issue with the reasoning why one character referred to herself as a “bad girl” - it is something that many people feel shame about and I think anything that perpetuates that shame is toxic for our society. I had trouble seeing past that to enjoy the book.

I had never read a book by Alice Feeney and I was really struck by how she weaves together a true mystery with some really poignant moments, especially between mothers and daughters. At the opening of the book, a baby is stolen from a stroller in a grocery store and is never found. We then jump ahead 20 years where a director of a retirement home has been murdered and one of its residents has gone missing. Somehow the two are connected and a local detective is determined to track down the three prime suspects to figure out exactly what transpired.

I really enjoyed the characters in this book. While they all certainly weren't lovable, they were believable. This is one of those books where you really cannot figure out who to believe. It jumps from one character to another and, while they may not all realize that they are interconnected, we can see that. We even think we know how they are connected and then Feeney shows us just how silly we are. The mystery aspect is fantastic and keeps the pages turning. The audio for this book is so well done. The narrator does a great job of keeping the characters and locations straight. I had a difficult time stopping this because I wanted to find out what happened to that baby and who committed murder at the retirement home. Behind all of this is a backdrop of good people potentially doing bad things for possibly good reasons.

If you like a good domestic suspense or even just a solid mystery I would recommend picking this one up. I will be looking to read more from Feeney in the future. 4.5 stars rounded up!

This was an excellently narrated, solid domestic fiction! I’ve had some issues with Alice Fenney’s previous two books and was on the fence about whether or not to just skip doing any future books. I’m glad I requested (and was granted) a copy of this audio. I liked that the book wasn’t chock full of gymnastic level twists that were implausible or ruined the entire vibe of the book. Instead, we are immersed in a cast of characters who seem to have no connection to each other at first but, as the story involves, we slowly come to see the full picture. I’m sure there will be people who expected unrealistic twists early and often. I, for one, felt it was so refreshing and definitely appreciated to listen to this book for the journey alone. And it was really fun and interesting journey at that!

*Thanks to MacMillan Audio and NetGalley for the audiobook review copy.

Good Bad Girl was a story where there were several characters seemingly unrelated going through various hardships and experiences. The best thing about this book was how Feeney was able to bring everyone together at the end for an “aha” moment. There were a few twists but for the most part I did see most of them coming. So this is why I chose three stars. I can’t say that most of the characters were very likable except maybe the dog.

The baby of an exhausted mother is taken from her pram in a busy supermarket. What happened to the missing child and her mother? Multiple perspectives peel back the layers agonizingly slowly all the way to the shocking conclusion. Fans of psychological suspense will enjoy this twisty mystery narrated to perfection by Katherine Press and Stephanie Racine.

The narrator for the book is fabulous but the plot was underwhelming. The murder mystery aspect was predictable & didn’t have me engaged at all. There was really only one twist I didn’t see coming throughout the whole story. I liked getting peaks of the characters past & the pace of how things were revealed but the overall plot line was weak. All things considered, it wasn’t a bad listen, it just had no significant impact on me.

A woman turns her back for a moment and realizes her baby has been stolen. Four women’s POV back and forth throughout the novel. Edith is elderly and living in a care home. Clio is Edith’s estranged daughter. Patience works at Edith’s care home. Frankie is a prison librarian whose daughter has left home. Care home residents are murdered and Edith fears for her life.

In comparison to Feeney’s other books, this one was a bit slow. More of a domestic thriller that deals with motherhood.

Thank you Flatiron books, Alice Feeney, and Net Galley for the ARC!

This book started super strong and lost me about half way through. Which is super disappointing because I love Alice’s work. A stolen baby 20 years ago. A murder in present day in a care home. Somehow related but how? I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

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Pub day: Out now!! It came out yesterday🖤

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Well this was a wildly complicated book! I felt like I needed my own murder string board to keep up haha if you are fans of intricate plots and twists this one may be for you.

Full disclosure: I did this one on audio and there’s a chance I may have liked it better had I read the physical copy so I’d pop over to your local bookstore if this sounds up your alley or if you’re a Feeney fan!!!

Synopsis:

“Twenty years after a baby is stolen from a stroller, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth.

Edith may have been tricked into a nursing home, but at eighty-years-young, she’s planning her escape. Patience works there, cleaning messes and bonding with Edith, a kindred spirit. But Patience is lying to Edith about almost everything.

Edith’s own daughter, Clio, won’t speak to her. And someone new is about to knock on Clio’s door…and their intentions aren’t good.

With every reason to distrust each other, the women must solve a mystery with three suspects, two murders, and one victim. If they do, they might just find out what happened to the baby who disappeared, the mother who lost her, and the connections that bind them.”

I liked it, but didn’t love it. Full disclosure though, I’ve never truly been an Alice Feeney fan (plz don’t come after me hahaha her endings always drive me mad) and the audio made it a bit hard to follow because of how convoluted this book was.

I am a huge Alice Feeney fan and this book was no different! She is the queen of thrillers and I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough in this one. From beginning to end I was hooked. I kept trying to figure out what the connection was between our main characters and it wasn’t until close to the end that I guessed the twist. Overall I highly recommend this one!

I was so excited to get an arc of Good Bad Girl as I love books by Alice Fenney and this is another book that delivers!

It plays a lot with the theme of being “good” or “bad” and that bad people can do good things and good people can do bad things. I liked how she wove this into the storyline. I also enjoyed her exploration of mother daughter relationships throughout this book.

This one definitely kept me engaged the whole time with a few surprises at the end. Overall the twists were fairly predictable and a bit anticlimactic but that didn’t take away from my enjoyment of this novel.

I also enjoyed the narrator as I listened to the audiobook.

If you have liked her other books, I think you will also enjoy this one!

Thank you netgalley for the arc!