A Mother Would Know: A Novel
General fiction, Family stories, Suspense and thrillers
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
&“Do we ever really know our children? Amber Garza invites readers to untangle the web of a family just like yours—or are they? This thriller will have you triple-guessing yourself.&” —Eliza Jane Brazier, author of If I DisappearA mother questions everything… she knows about her son when a local woman is found dead. Valerie has been forgetting things. Her daughter worries about her being on her own in her big Victorian house—one rumored to be haunted after a tragedy decades earlier—and truth be told, she is a little lonely. With few options, she asks her adult son to move home, but it&’s not quite the reunion she hoped for. Hudson is taciturn, moody and frequently gone. The neighbors already hold a grudge against Hudson, and they aren&’t happy about his return. When a young woman is found murdered a block away, suspicion falls on him immediately, without a shred of evidence. While Valerie fights to defend her son, she begins to wonder who she really invited into her home. It&’s a horrible thing for a mother to even think…but is it possible she&’s enabled a monster? A monster she is living with, alone?