The Perfect Daughter: An absolutely gripping psychological thriller you won't be able to put down

Reviews

Cathy

It takes a blast from the past to make Jacks realise what’s really important. She can see it now—university, a great job, a lovely home in an up market area.

Deb

But here they were, years later, with two children, Martha and Jonty, and Jacks’ mother, Ida, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, all living in the same slightly run down semi. It was very cramped, not nearly enough storage, and Jacks never seems to have a minute between looking after the children, ferrying them to and fro and being her mother’s sole carer. When a boyfriend appears on the scene, Jacks can see her dreams crumbling a second time. Jacks’ best friend, Gina and son, Jonty provide humour and lightness to balance out the story.

5*Jacks Davies’ life hasn’t turned out the way she’d envisaged. Juggling the constant and personal care needed for a very confused and scared old lady with looking after the rest of the family, Jacks has very little time to call her own and is exhausted much of the time. If you enjoy fictional stories of life and it’s ups and downs I cannot rate this enough!

She’ll do whatever she has to give Martha the future she deserves, everything that evaded Jacks. 4. 'Like everything else in the house that was defunct, mismatched or ageing, they had got used to it, lived with it, until it was just how things were.