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The number one bestselling author of The Girlfriend returns with The Daughter, a story of mothers and daughters, secrets and revelations . . .

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A dangerous secret. A suspicious death. A mother determined to find answers.
A gripping story of a mother´s courage and devotion by the number one bestselling author of The Girlfriend.

Getting pregnant as a teenager was never part of Kate´s plan, but when it happens she´s determined to do right by her daughter, showing her the love she never had as a child.

Life as a single mother is hard, sometimes impossible, but it only brings Kate and Becky closer together. By the time Becky is making her own way in the world as a tenacious trainee journalist, Kate couldn´t be prouder. But when the unthinkable happens, Kate´s life is changed forever. Desperately trying to understand, Kate stumbles across a story Becky was researching.

Is it possible that this cruel twist of fate wasn´t an accident?

PRAISE FOR MICHELLE FRANCES

´I was blown away . . . Marvellous´ - Jilly Cooper
´Sharp, sinister and addictive´ - Sunday Mirror
´Taut and suspenseful´ - Heat
´Abounding with mysteries, revelations and lies´ - Library Journal

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Fans of BBC drama The Replacement will lap up this taut and suspenseful tale [The Temp] Heat

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Frances, Michelle
Michelle Frances graduated from Bournemouth Film School in 1996 and then from the Masters programme at the American Film Institute, Los Angeles, in 1998. Returning to London, she has worked for several years in film and TV as a script editor and producer for both the independent sector and the BBC. The Girlfriend is her first novel.

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