Just What Kind of Mother Are You? is a psychological thriller/mystery novel written by Paula Daly.
Lisa and Joe have a harried life with three kids, dogs, jobs, and the usual commitments. Lisa works in a pet rescue center, and that makes her more likeable, but I felt she had too much involvement in her best friend’s life. She was also a little envious of the life her friend had. Then the daughter of Lisa’s best friend disappears, Lisa is blamed and she feels guilty, and everything goes haywire.
Lisa Kallisto is the not-so-perfect model of the modern woman. During an impossibly hectic week, Lisa takes her eye off the ball for a moment and her world descends into a living nightmare. Not only is her best friend’s thirteen-year-old daughter missing, but it’s Lisa’s fault. To make matters worse, Lucinda is the second teenage girl to disappear within the past two weeks.
The first one turned up stripped bare and abandoned on the main street after a horrible ordeal. Wracked with guilt over her mistake, and after having been publicly blamed by Lucinda’s family, Lisa sets out to right the wrong. As she begins digging under the surface, Lisa learns that everything is not quite what it first appears to be.
A top shelf, riveting and powerful debut novel, JUST WHAT KIND OF MOTHER ARE YOU? by British author Paula Daly is a compelling novel—a read for every woman, living a harried lifestyle, trying to balance work, home, and family.
