Heidi vede la ragazzina su un binario alla stazione, immobile sotto la poggia torrenziale, mentre stringe tra le braccia un neonato. La ragazzina sale su un treno e se ne va. Heidi non riesce a togliersi quella scena dalla testa. Heidi Wood è sempre stata una donna dal cuore d'oro, ma la sua famiglia inorridisce quando un giorno torna a casa con Willow e la sua neonata di soli quattro mesi: trasandata e senza casa, la ragazzina potrebbe essere una criminale, o anche peggio. Tuttavia Heidi invita Willow e la bimba a restare. A poco a poco, mentre Willow comincia a riprendersi, vengono alla luce inquietanti dettagli sul suo passato e così, quello che è iniziato semplicemente come un gesto gentile precipita sempre più velocemente verso l'abisso.

The charitable Heidi Wood horrifies her husband and daughter by inviting an apparently homeless teenager and her infant to take refuge in their home, a situation that quickly devolves as details from the girl's past begin to surface.

The charitable Heidi Wood horrifies her husband and daughter by inviting an apparently homeless teenager and her infant to take refuge in their home, a situation that quickly devolves as details from the girl's past begin to surface.

A chance encounter sparks an unrelenting web of lies in this stunning new psychological thriller from national bestselling author Mary Kubica

She sees the teenage girl on the train platform, standing in the pouring rain, clutching an infant in her arms. She boards a train and is whisked away. But she can't get the girl out of her head

Heidi Wood has always been a charitable woman: she works for a nonprofit, takes in stray cats. Still, her husband and daughter are horrified when Heidi returns home one day with a young woman named Willow and her four-month-old baby in tow. Disheveled and apparently homeless, this girl could be a criminalor worse. But despite her family's objections, Heidi invites Willow and the baby to take refuge in their home.

Heidi spends the next few days helping Willow get back on her feet, but as clues into Willow's past begin to surface, Heidi is forced to decide how far she's willing to go to help a stranger. What starts as an act of kindness quickly spirals into a story far more twisted than anyone could have anticipated.

'I've been following her for the past few days.

I know where she buys her groceries, where she

works. I don't know the color of her eyes or

what they look like when she's scared. But I will.'

One night, Mia Dennett enters a bar to meet her on-again, off-again boyfriend. But when he doesn't show, she unwisely leaves with an enigmatic stranger. At first Colin Thatcher seems like a safe one-night stand. But following Colin home will turn out to be the worst mistake of Mia's life.

When Colin decides to hide Mia in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota instead of delivering her to his employers, Mia's mother, Eve, and detective Gabe Hoffman will stop at nothing to find them. But no one could have predicted the emotional entanglements that eventually cause this family's world to shatter.

An addictively suspenseful and tautly written thriller, The Good Girl is a propulsive debut that reveals how even in the perfect family, nothing is as it seems.



'Kubica's powerful debut?will encourage comparisons to Gone Girl.'

?Publishers Weekly, starred review

Mia Dennett è figlia di un importante giudice di Chicago, ma ha scelto di condurre una vita semplice, lontana dai quartieri alti e dalla mondanità in cui è cresciuta. Una sera come tante, entra in un bar per incontrare il suo ragazzo ma, all'ennesima buca di lui, Mia si lascia sedurre da un enigmatico sconosciuto dai modi gentili. Colin Thatcher - questo il vero nome del suo affascinante nuovo amico - sembra il tipo ideale con cui concedersi l'avventura di una notte. Peccato che si rivelerà il peggior errore della sua vita: Colin infatti è stato assoldato per rapirla. Ma quando Thatcher, invece di consegnare l'ostaggio, decide di tenere Mia con sé e di nasconderla in un remoto capanno del Minnesota, il piano prende una piega del tutto inaspettata. A Chicago, intanto, la madre di Mia e il detective Gabe Hoffman, incaricato delle indagini, sono disposti a tutto pur di ritrovare la ragazza, ma nessuno può prevedere le conseguenze che un evento tanto traumatico può avere su una famiglia apparentemente perfetta...

The daughter of a prominent Chicago judge and his socialite wife, inner-city art teacher Mia Dennett is taken hostage by her one-night stand, Colin Thatcher, who, instead of delivering her to his employers, hides her in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota to keep her safe from harm. Simultaneous.

'I've been following her for the past few days. I know where she buys her groceries, where she has her dry cleaning done, where she works. I don't know the color of her eyes or what they look like when she's scared. But I will.'

Born to a prominent Chicago judge and his stifled socialite wife, Mia Dennett moves against the grain as a young inner-city art teacher. One night, Mia enters a bar to meet her on-again, off-again boyfriend. But when he doesn't show, she unwisely leaves with an enigmatic stranger. With his smooth moves and modest wit, at first Colin Thatcher seems like a safe one-night stand. But following Colin home will turn out to be the worst mistake of Mia's life.

Colin's job was to abduct Mia as part of a wild extortion plot and deliver her to his employers. But the plan takes an unexpected turn when Colin suddenly decides to hide Mia in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota, evading the police and his deadly superiors. Mia's mother, Eve, and detective Gabe Hoffman will stop at nothing to find them, but no one could have predicted the emotional entanglements that eventually cause this family's world to shatter.

An addictively suspenseful and tautly written thriller, The Good Girl is a propulsive debut that reveals how even in the perfect family, nothing is as it seems?.

The daughter of a prominent Chicago judge and his socialite wife, inner-city art teacher Mia Dennett is taken hostage by her one-night stand, Colin Thatcher, who, instead of delivering her to his employers, hides her in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota to keep her safe from harm. Simultaneous.