Synopsis
Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things...
Twenty years after a baby is stolen from her push-chair, 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 up mess 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.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- ISBN: 9781529090260
- Number of pages: 320
- Dimensions: 242 x 161 x 27 mm
- Weight: 524g
- Languages: English
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Feeney does it again
Thank you to Pan MacMillan & NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for honest review. Alice Feeney does it again in her new novel Good Bad Girl! Twenty years a... READ MORE
Punchy and Twisty
Good Bad Girl sees four women narrate the story of a missing baby and a murdered care home manager.
I was initially confused how the main plot of the murd... READ MORE
A great read
This was a really good story which definitely kept me guessing. Throughout the first half of the book I couldn’t really decide what sort of book it was as ... READ MORE
Multi-POV mystery
Thank you to the author, Alice Feeney, the publisher, Macmillan and to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this early in exchange for this honest review.... READ MORE
Strong Female Characters
Good Bad Girl, though tackling some hard hitting subjects was a little lighter in tone than some of Alice's previous books which I liked. The web was intr... READ MORE
Cleverly written plot
This is quite a complicated storyline with many characters but the main theme is a baby stolen from a supermarket trip with her grandmother Edith two decad... READ MORE
Excellent read
What a great read. The book opens on Mothers Day and this is a recurring theme. A mother shopping with a 6 month old baby, berating herself for her lack o... READ MORE
Great psychological thriller
A gripping story which flips back in time and then to present day and shows how the women's lives overlapped and intertwined while telling from each of the... READ MORE
Very enjoyable thriller
What a great read. The book opens on Mothers Day and this is a recurring theme. A mother shopping with a 6 month old baby, berating herself for her lack o... READ MORE
A sensational rollercoaster you can’t get off
GOOD BAD GIRL
Clear your diary as this novel is unputdownable.
Good Bad Girl is a suspenseful, murder mystery novel, with a seemingly slow start that to... READ MORE
Good not bad book
Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things.
Frankie: A librarian at a prison
Patience: A dogsbody at a care hom... READ MORE
Another author to add to my list
Good Girl, Bad GirlAlice Feeney
5 stars
Another author to add to my list!
I tried to get this author’s previous book to review but was unsuccessful so I... READ MORE
Feeney does it again
I loved this. I was hooked from the beginning. The plot is intriguing and twisty. A total page turner that I managed to get through in just a couple of day... READ MORE
Riveting read
I always get excited for a new book by the author Alice Feeney and Good Bad girl is another amazing read.
Be careful what you wish for, because it may come... READ MORE
Skilfully plotted twisty thriller
Wow! Just finished this and to say I was hooked was an understatement, I was addicted, constantly looking for time to squeeze in ‘just a little bit more’ a... READ MORE
An Enjoyable Read
Good Bad Girls is a very enjoyable read.Full of twists and turns some of which I didn't expect .Four women are the main characters and each have their own ... READ MORE
A slow burning, satisfying read
Sometimes good people do bad things. A sentiment I’m sure we all agree with. The question is: Who are the good people, and what did they do?
Initially we... READ MORE
Fast paced with lots of surprises
How intertwined lives can be. The reader follows an elderly lady in a care home. Edith is still very alert and unhappy at being placed in a care home by he... READ MORE
Don’t miss this one
Absolutely loved this book. The characters are amazing and so lifelike. Fell in love with Edith she was so sweet. The way the story was constructed was ver... READ MORE
kept me hooked
If you want a book that will keep you reading well into the night, look no further. The plot of Good Bad Girl is so convoluted that you just have to read o... READ MORE
A gripping page turner
Books like this are the reason I enjoy reading thrillers. Good Bad Girl is a page turner and kept me gripped throughout. The story is told from multiple po... READ MORE
A fun, compelling read
Good Bad Girl is another intriguing release from Alice Feeney. Twenty years ago, a baby is stolen from a pushchair at the supermarket. Back in the present ... READ MORE
Fiendishly clever!
I stayed up late into the night trying to finish this book! I was desperate to know what would happen, how all the characters in the story were connected- ... READ MORE
Fight for the truth
New author for me. I enjoyed this book but felt halfway through that it dragged a little.
Story taken from 3 different people, lost children, abduction... READ MORE
Three Suspects, Two Murders and a Victim.
Twenty years after a baby is stolen from its pram, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the ke... READ MORE
Entwined and twisted lives of four women
A baby is stolen from her stroller; Frankie’s daughter has disappeared; Edith’s daughter, Clio, has put her in a home; Patience is searching for her identi... READ MORE
Gripping from start to finish
Good Bad Girl is another gripping book from Alice Feeney. All of the characters are female but that really only occurred to me after I’d finished it so thi... READ MORE
Entertaining, feel-good mystery
Good Bad Girl is a very entertaining mystery, told from multiple perspectives - a young runaway working in a care home, an 80-year old former store detecti... READ MORE
Loved it!
Good Bad Girl is a complex, twisty narrative seen through four alternating points of view. Edith, an 80-year-old woman in a nursing home looking to escape,... READ MORE
TRUST ME, READ THIS BOOK, IT'S PHENOMENAL!.
Without a shadow of doubt, this is the BEST BOOK I'VE READ THIS YEAR. OMG! OMG! OMG!. I can't stress how much I loved this book. All the characters are ama... READ MORE
Definitely worth the read.
I really enjoyed this book.
A domestic mystery filled with drama and lots of great twists, with a focus on relationships between mother’s and daughter’s an... READ MORE
Compelling mystery. Recommended.
The follow-up too Daisy Darker took just a few chapters to convince me I had another winning read in my hands; absolutely compulsive, an immensely compelli... READ MORE
Gripping, tense and insightful
This was an absolutely gripping read that I read in a day as I couldn't put it down. With a cast of intriguing characters who kept me guessing, this was pa... READ MORE
Highly entertaining
4.5 rounded up
The world is full of people who are good at being bad and those who are bad at being good and sometimes bad things happen to good people... READ MORE
A Compelling & Deeply Disturbing Psychological Thriller With Layers of Deception & Secrets
Good Bad Girl marks the return of the Queen of the Twist in an emotional and suspense-laden psychological thriller. Plunged straight in at the deep end rig... READ MORE
Good Bad Girl
In the past, we watch as a baby is stolen from a pushchair whilst the mother is chatting. Back in the present we witness a murder in a care home. The two c... READ MORE
A slow burn
3⭐️ book
4⭐️ audiobook
Having loved the last two books I was excited to read the latest release.
The premise of the story is a mystery to be solved with... READ MORE
Alice Feeney does it again!! Fast paced twisty thriller that will have you racing through the pages
4.5 ⭐️
“Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things”
Twenty years ago a baby was stolen in a supermarket and no... READ MORE
She is an enormous talent and I enjoy her work very much.
Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan for the advanced copy of this title in return for an honest review.
Okay, so. I only discovered Alice Feeney last year w... READ MORE
A brilliant thriller!
WOW! Another superb rollercoaster of a ride from the brilliant Alice Feeney.
This book hooked me from the start and didn’t let go until the final page.
T... READ MORE
Full of twists!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, there were so many twists and turns I couldn’t believe I didn’t see them coming!
This book is told from 4 different curre... READ MORE
Totally enjoyed reading
A baby is taken from her pram when in a supermarket. Twenty years later there is a murder in a care home for the elderly. Three people are suspected, but w... READ MORE
A great read with some twists
“Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things.”
This is a stand alone book which revolves around a group of women who ... READ MORE
Definitely recommend!
Patience is a general dogsbody at a nursing home.
Edith is a reluctant resident of the same nursing home.
Clio is Edith’s estranged daughter.
Frankie ... READ MORE
An enjoyable book
An enjoyable book. This is the first book I have read by Feeney and I don't know whether this her typical style. The story is far fetched but entertainin... READ MORE
Enjoyable and twisty read
My only piece of advice reading this novel is don't try too hard to work out who everyone is because your brain might just spill out. I know mine tried a f... READ MORE
Fantastic!
An edge of the seat read!
Alice Feeney has done it again and I think this is the best story she has written!
The book follows four women and the story is... READ MORE
Compelling domestic thriller with so many twists
A baby is taken from her pram in the supermarket, we don’t know who the mother or child is. 20 years later a woman is murdered in a care home. With the m... READ MORE
A twisting drama with character development at the heart
Sometimes bad things happen to good people so good people have to do bad things.
Alice Feeney tells this story of murder and mother daughter relationshi... READ MORE
An excellent novel with twists and turns.
Excellent! This is the first novel by Alice that I’ve read and it certainly won’t be the last! Wow! It had me completely captivated with more twists and tu... READ MORE
Just OK
This was an entertaining read but I’m afraid that’s all it was for me. Nothing that gripped or excited me, and I was confused with the jumps in time. It ... READ MORE
A really good read
Having read Daisy Darker, I just had to read Good Bad Girl and I wasn't disappointed.
This was a great pschological thriller by Alice Feeney so many charac... READ MORE
Good Bad Girl
⭐️ 3 ⭐️
Alice Feeney is one of my top auto-buy authors, so I couldn’t wait to read Good Bad Girl, unfortunately, it didn't quite hit the mark for me.
The... READ MORE
One of Feeney’s best
I must say Alice Feeney never disappoints. Her trademark is writing thrillers with the mother of all twists.
And gosh, her latest novel had me clinging to... READ MORE
Alice Feeney does it again
A woman looks away briefly, and her baby is stolen from her stroller. 20 years later, on Mother's Day, a woman is murdered in a care home. How are the two ... READ MORE
Four star read!
Thank you to NetGalley and Pan Macmillan for the
ARC of this book.
The story begins on Mother's Day twenty years ago when a baby is kidnapped from their ... READ MORE
Brilliantly crafted thriller!
This is such a brilliantly crafted thriller that it had me hooked from the first page. The plot is so brilliantly laid out and is full of twists and turns ... READ MORE
Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney
Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney is her sixth book and it is again predictably full of twists and turns and is an extremely clever storyline. Not all authors ... READ MORE
She is an enormous talent and I enjoy her work very much.
4.5* rounded up to 5
Okay, so. I only discovered Alice Feeney last year with Daisy Darker, but I was instantly hooked on her writing. It was excellent and... READ MORE
I DEVOURED it!
“The world is full of people who are good at being bad, and people who are bad at being good”
Two murders, one victim, three suspects and a missing baby... READ MORE
Really good!!
I liked it!!! The suspense around how the 4 women are linked keeps you reading, you think you know what’s going on but then there’s another curve ball.
I ... READ MORE
very enjoyable read
It took me a little while to get into this book with the different POVs and trying to remember complex relationships. However, I was able to dedicate a chu... READ MORE
Three and a half stars
I always look forward to a new book by this author. The first chapter is quite confusing in retrospect - and definitely misleading and what follows in the ... READ MORE
The Queen of Twists delivers another fascinating thriller
“The conversation lasts less than three minutes. My back is turned less than two. One minute later my world ends. The buggy is empty. Time stops. The super... READ MORE
Gripping mystery
Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney
I give this book 4 stars.
3 suspects,2 murders and 1 victim!
This book had me gripped,more of a mystery than a thriller l co... READ MORE
A good read
I was sent a copy of Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney to read and review by NetGalley. I enjoy Alice Feeney's writing and this book was no exception. I woul... READ MORE
Heck this was good
Two murders…..three very interesting suspects that will take you through one heck of a journey.
I was duped loads of times, and I don’t regret a thing! ... READ MORE
What a cracking read
What a great read. The book opens on Mothers Day and this is a recurring theme. A mother shopping with a 6 month old baby, berating herself for her lack o... READ MORE
Fast paced
Alice Feeney has delivered another edge of seat thriller. She has an extraordinary talent for taking the seemingly ordinary and normal and twisting it unt... READ MORE
Recommend
Patience is a general dogsbody at a nursing home.
Edith is a reluctant resident of the same nursing home.
Clio is Edith’s estranged daughter.
Fr... READ MORE
A suspenseful Joyride!
Wow what a suspenseful joyride of a story! Twenty years after a baby is stolen in a supermarket an intricate tale is woven together as we try and solve the... READ MORE
Great Read!
Another great read from Alice Feeney!
Addictive, brilliantly paced, well plotted crime fiction.
Loved the characters and I was so rooting for them all.
... READ MORE
Disappointing
I was looking forward to reading this book but on the whole it was a disappointment and failed to grip me the way Alice Feeney's other books have managed t... READ MORE
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