This was an interesting read. The mother and daughter dynamic was very well written. Kat seemed like a helicopter mom and she bugged me a lot, but in the end I could clearly see why she was so worried about Cleo. And Cleo is the typical rebellious daughter, trying to escape her hovering mom. But as soon as her mother is missing, none of that matters to Cleo. She’s going to do anything she can to find her mom, even if the police investigating tell her to stay out of it. She doesn’t care if she’s putting herself in danger, as long as her mother comes home.

Thank you NetGalley and Knopf for my ARC of this book.

Like Mother, Like Daughter
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320 Pages
Releasing July 30th, 2024

Cleo is having dinner with her mother in her childhood home. She arrives late, per usual, & finds food burning in the oven & no sign of her mother… Until she finds her mother’s bloody shoe. Where is her mom? What has happened to her? In the hours following her mom’s disappearance, Cleo learns so much about her “picture perfect family” & her successful lawyer mother. Will something from her mother’s past life come back to haunt her?

What a wild ride this book was! I went into this book blind- I didn’t even read the synopsis before reading because the cover was intriguing enough to make me want to read it. I’ve never read anything by Kimberly McCreight before although several of her books are on my long TBR. I thoroughly enjoyed the alternating POVs and the writing style.

I loved the character development of Cleo & the focus on a broken mother/daughter duo. They both are so focused on helping the other although their relationship needs some work. McCreight did an amazing job with the alternating POVs. She kept my attention throughout the book & the ending 😳🤯

Read if you like:
✨Family Drama
✨2 POVs
✨Sub plots
✨Emotional Suspense


Thank you @netgalley @kimberlymccreight @pantheonbooks @vintageanchorbooks & @aaknopf for an eArc of this new release!

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This was my second book by this author and I enjoyed this one as much as the first. I really enjoyed the legal aspect of this one since someone in my life deals with this particular type of law.

Would recommend!

Thank you to netgalley for the copy!

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

This book wasn't really for me, but I am sure it will be enjoyed by many. It had too much going on for my liking and took too long to get to the meat for me. To many parts to the story that I don't think really mattered and some questions that were just left in the air that I didn't really get. But, I am a simply person and mainly travel a straight line.

An action-packed page turner. I figured out some twists before they happened, but only right before they happened. Lots of things unfold right at the end of the book, and it felt a bit rushed (and also left at least one big plot hole for me). Even though the ending fell short for me, the rest of the book was engaging. I loved the development of Cleo's and Kat's characters, and I loved how much Cleo grew as a person throughout the story.

I received a DIGITAL Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book had my attention from the get go. I loved the two different points of view and how it got us to the outcome of the mystery.

My main problem with the story was how it ended. It feels like it ended way too quickly and I still had a few questions that I wanted answered. There were also tons of red herrings and the plot that came with it just felt like a little too much. Even as I was reading it I was questioning if all this information was needed.

3.5 stars rounded down

Really liked this one! I always love the settings in her books being from NY state, plot is always so twisty turny, and keeps you super engaged!

Will def be reading the next one!

My favorite types of thrillers are where everyone has something to hide, no one is really who the seem - and with multiple perspectives/timelines to keep you guessing.

When her mother Kat goes missing under suspicious circumstances, Cleo starts asking questions. Despite their strained relationship, she's worried - and that escalates as she starts digging.

Once I started, I had a hard time putting this down! I had a few different guesses for how it was going to go - what a fun summer thriller!

Thank you to Netgalley and to Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage and Anchor for an ARC.

A mother’s love is unconditional and for Katrina McHugh, it also has very few boundaries. She will do just about anything to keep her daughter, Cleo, safe. Unfortunately, all Cleo wants is the chance to become an independent young woman, after all, her mother has raised her to be strong and resourceful.

In McCreight’s newest thriller, we not only get a fast-paced compulsive read, but we also get to explore the complexities of a mother-daughter relationship that is full of love but fraught with tension.

When Cleo’s mother goes missing, we see the lengths she will go to find her mother while learning some hard truths about herself and her parents along the way.

This thriller follows two timelines. Katrina’s timeline traverses back and forth starting about a week prior to her abduction. The second timeline follows a linear path from Cleo’s perspective. McCreight also intersperses the book with trial notes, journal entries from Katrina’s youth and transcripts from Cleo’s sessions with her therapist. This helps to give you additional glimpses into their lives.

This book is full of twists and turns, and there is a large suspect list that spirals out from the point of her abduction. Although I did figure out part of the twist at the halfway point, McCreight kept me guessing and questioning if I was right until the very end.

Both the main characters were well developed but not always likeable and sometimes I called their decision into question, but I think that was very much the author’s plan.

If I had one complaint, it would be that the ending wrapped up a little too quickly and left me wanting answers. I guess that’s not necessarily a bad thing as days later I’m still thinking about it.

This was my second thriller by this author, but it won’t be my last. I can’t wait to see what she comes up with next.

I thoroughly enjoyed this 'emotional suspense' novel (author's description). It has a complex plot that centers around a lawyer named Katherine McHugh who works as a 'fixer' for high-level corporate businessmen and women. Her own life is rather a mess: she's recently separated from her husband of 20+ years and has a volatile relationship with her daughter Cleo who is attending NYU. One evening Cleo deigns to come home for dinner with her mother but when she arrives, she finds the door unlocked, food burning in the kitchen, signs of a struggle throughout the house, and her mother gone.

The timeline goes back and forth: from Kat's journal entries going back to 1993 when she lived in abusive group foster home; to the days leading up to her disappearance; to Cleo's attempts to figure out what happened to her mother and why. Interspersed are transcripts from Cleo's sessions with a psychiatrist as well as court documents from a suit against a major drug company. Sounds complicated but it all ties together well in the end and results in a riveting, page-turning story.

These characters are so real and well-drawn. A big part of the story (of course you knew this from the title) is the complex mother-daughter relationship between Kat and Cleo. Maybe they are just too much alike to get along. What a mess people make of their lives!

Many thanks to the author and publisher for providing me with an arc of this new suspense novel. My review is voluntary and the opinions expressed are my own.

Busy plot confusing at times but those readers who enjoy mother/daughter drama will like this book. Between all the notes, litigation, diary entries and unknown text, there was a lot going on. Not for me.

Kay loves her daughter and would do anything for her, but since Cleo has been a teenager things have just gotten progressively harder with her. She seems to hate Kat and nothing Kat does changes that. When Kat bags for Cleo to come home from college so they can talk, she agrees. When Cleo arrives home she finds dinner burning and her mom’s bloody shoe on the floor, along with a ransacked office. Cleo is then on a mission to find her mom and make up for lost time.

This was a solid book. The characters were developed well, the story was told thoroughly and there were twists I didn’t expect! I enjoyed it!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for the free e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Cleo comes home to find her mother, Kat, has mysteriously vanished from her Brooklyn home. In her search, Cleo finds that her mother is a "fixer", with a lot of secrets and enemies. Cleo has secrets of her own.

The story is told in alternating timelines of Cleo looking for Kat and Kat in the time period leading up to her disappearance. I loved the bond between the two women and layers that were revealed during the story. The tension builds wonderfully, there is plenty of mystery, twists, and the pacing is solid.

Highly recommend!!!

"Like Mother, Like Daughter" is a thriller unlike any other. With multiple intertwining stories, each chapter leaves you eager to see which narrative will unfold next. You may think you have it figured out, but you won't. It's a gripping read that will keep you on the edge of your seat and you'll find hard to put down.

I loved this book! I found it to be fast-paced, yet full of interesting characters and back stories. It kept my attention throughout, and had a very satisfying ending. Highly recommend!

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced readers copy of the book!

Like Mother Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight
Loved this book! It has everything in it that makes a book worth reading, mystery, mayhem and a twist. This book kept my interest throughout and made me want to turn the pages and keep going! Thank you Netgalley and the publisher and most definitely the author!

Awesome! I forgot how much I love a good thriller! This was a great thriller! I loved the mother, daughter dynamics which added a whole dimension to the enjoyment of the story. I will now be going back to read Kimberly McCreight's backlist!

Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight
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Like Mother, Like Daughter is a fast paced thriller that begins with Cleo, an NYU student coming home for dinner with her estranged mom, Kat. Cleo is greeted with the door open, dinner burning and her mom missing. Broken glass and Kat’s bloody slipper on the floor indicate foul play. Putting their differences aside, Cleo is determined to find her mom. While she digs into her mom’s past she discovers her mom is not just a lawyer but she’s a “fixer”, hired to make problems disappear. Who would kidnap her mom and why? Did she have enemies in her line of work? Was it her soon to be ex-husband who was after her for her money? So many twists had me guessing all the wrong people. I could totally see this as an episode of the tv series Tracker. Thank you to @netgalley and @Knopf for the advanced ebook! Put it on your TBR, comes out on July 30! #netgalley #knopf #book #noseinabook #thrillerbooks #bookstagram #booklover #bibliophile #likemotherlikedaughter

This was a fast and fun thriller. Kat and Cleo are navigating a complex mother/daughter relationship when Cleo discovers that her mother is missing. Not only that, her mother's true career is very different than what she presents to the world. This book has a lot going on and it did feel a bit chaotic at times. I found it hard to imagine a college age person getting so involved with such dangerous situations but that is what fiction is! However, the author does a great job weaving all of the storylines together and creating a very satisfying ending. Thanks to Kimberly McCreight, Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor | Knopf, and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Like Mother, Like Daughter is a fabulous thriller/mystery that I could not put down! I believe this is my first book by this author and I loved everything about it. The story, the characters, the revenge, the different time lines and the whole plot was so well executed. It just all worked great! A top fave for 2024! Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this early release. To be published 7/30/2024. Highly recommend it.