Author: Michael Robotham
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Publisher: Scribner
Published: July 23, 2019
Book Description: From the bestselling author of The Secrets She Keeps, the writer Stephen King calls “an absolute master…with heart and soul,” a fiendishly clever suspense novel about a dangerous young woman with a special ability to know when someone is lying–and the criminal psychologist who must outwit her to survive. A girl is discovered hiding in a secret room in the aftermath of a terrible crime. Half-starved and filthy, she won’t tell anyone her name, or her age, or where she came from. Maybe she is twelve, maybe fifteen. She doesn’t appear in any missing persons file, and her DNA can’t be matched to an identity. Six years later, still unidentified, she is living in a secure children’s home with a new name, Evie Cormac. When she initiates a court case demanding the right to be released as an adult, forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven must determine if Evie is ready to go free. But she is unlike anyone he’s ever met–fascinating and dangerous in equal measure. Evie knows when someone is lying, and no one around her is telling the truth. Meanwhile, Cyrus is called in to investigate the shocking murder of a high school figure-skating champion, Jodie Sheehan, who dies on a lonely footpath close to her home. Pretty and popular, Jodie is portrayed by everyone as the ultimate girl-next-door, but as Cyrus peels back the layers, a secret life emerges–one that Evie Cormac, the girl with no past, knows something about. A man haunted by his own tragic history, Cyrus is caught between the two cases—one girl who needs saving and another who needs justice. What price will he pay for the truth? Fiendishly clever, swiftly paced, and emotionally explosive, Good Girl, Bad Girl is the perfect thrilling summer read from internationally bestselling author Michael Robotham.
Rating: 3 Stars
Review: The Good Girl, Bad Girl is a psychological thriller at it’s core. Cyrus Haven is a psychologist who works with the police department. This is two stories that merge together. The first with Evie/Angel Face, a young girl that is found, with no history. Cyrus asked to evaluate her to see if she is ready to be allowed to leave the group home she is part of and ends up fostering her. The second, the mystery of Jodie Sheehan’s death which Cyrus is helping to investigate.
For me I really enjoyed the portions with Evie. That story felt very fresh and when the story focused on her and Cyrus, I was super engaged. However, the murder investigation, felt very stale. I have read that story before, and was not surprised at all as the story unfolded.
Overall this book was ok. The writing was good, but to me this felt super long and slow. When I read this genre, I usually want a very fast book. This was slower and unfortunately did not have they payoff for that type of book.
Thank you NetGalley and Scribner for an Advanced Reader’s Copy of this book for an honest review.
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