Saving Meghan

by D J Palmer

Can a mother love her daughter to death?
Some would say Becky Gerard is a devoted mother. Others, including her husband, would say she's obsessed with her daughter.
Fifteen-year-old Meghan is constantly, inexplicably ill. Her doctors are starting to suspect Munchausen syndrome by proxy - they believe Meghan's mother is seeking medical help for symptoms that don't exist. But when Meghan's illness takes a sharp turn, it is no longer clear whether her mother is lying, or if something even more sinister is at hand...
Becky must race against time to prove her daughter is in danger. But first, she must confront secrets that threaten to not only upend her life... but destroy it.
Praise for Saving Meghan:

"Plenty of twists...will keep you turning the pages as you guess...and guess again." -Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author of After Anna
"An acute, sensitive portrayal of family love under extreme stress...[with] a touch of Hitchcock." -William Landay, New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob
"Palmer's take on a dark and fascinating topic will keep the reader wondering to the very end." Publishers Weekly

• ISBN10: 1250107458
• ISBN13: 9781250107459
• Publish Date: 9 April 2019
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 30 July 2024
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: St Martin's Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 384
• Language: English

Reviews

[Molly J(Cover To Cover Cafe)]

DJ Palmer. Wow. What an author. That's how I'll start this review off. Saying what an author DJ Palmer is. He has an incredibly raw talent for writing a book that will leave you guessing the entire way through the book, turning the pages long into the night, seeing what happens at the end of the book, because if you don't, it will haunt you while you're away from the book.

That brings me to this. I have two kids. I'm a mom who has said "I love my kids to death", but I don't mean literally. I am a mom who would do anything for her children, but I don't know that I would harm them for attention. I just can't do that. That said, I know that Becky has the same maternal instincts that I do.

Becky and Meghan's story was an incredibly gripping, chilling, mind clustering novel. I would think in one chapter I was Team #BelieveBecky, then in another I was Team #ProtectMeghan, and then in another chapter, I became Team #WhatTheHeckIsGoingOnAndWhoIsActuallyInTheWrongHere. Yep. It was that incredible high of trying to figure it out.

So, when I was fully aware that I had it figured out about what was truly happening to Meghan and why it was happening, Palmer came in and threw me against a wall with the final twist at the end of the book. I mean seriously. Breath-knocked-out-of-me amazing.

My final thoughts on this book is that you do not want to miss it. It's a 5 thousand star worthy novel, it's compelling, it's gripping, it's emotional, it's fan-friggin-tabulous until the end. Palmer's Saving Meghan will be a book that will forever be on my keeper shelf and I can't wait to see the next mind clustering novel that this incredibly talented author has in store for his new fans.

*I received a complimentary copy of this book from St. Martin's Press and was under no obligation to post a review, positive or negative.*