"Lizzie Bradshaw is a student from the Lake District, forced to work away from home, who witnesses a terrible crime. But who will ultimately pay the price? Emma Taylor is a mother, a wife, and a woman with a dangerous secret. Can she keep her beloved family safely together? Stella Taylor is a disaffected teenager, determined to discover what her mother is hiding. But how far will she go to uncover the truth? And one man, powerful, manipulative, and cunning, controls all their destinies."

An enjoyable mystery drama if a little predictable for my taste.

My Mother’s Secret, by Sanjida Kay, is the author’s third psychological thriller. It is told from three points of view and across two timelines.

My Mother's Secret is just a lovely and beautifully written book by Sanjida Kay. I am a huge fan of this author, I found this book gripping, a big page-turner, and a entertaining psychological thriller. especially there were so many twists and they just kept coming. I loved all the characters in this book they just gelled the story together. and Sanjida is excellent writing about relationships.

**Lizzie Bradshaw. Is a student from the Lake District, forced to work away from home, who witnesses a terrible crime.
But who will ultimately pay the price?

**Emma Taylor is married to a really kind and caring man called Jack and between them they have 2 daughters. They can be a bit of a handful with their tantrums but they get on most of the time. Emma is keeping a big secret from her Husband and her 2 daughters.

**Stella Taylor. A disaffected teenager, and is determined to discover what her mother is hiding for all these years. But how far will she go to uncover the truth?

**And there's one man who Emma recognises from her past, who is powerful, and very manipulative who controls all their destinies. Emma's life starts to get extremely complicated for her and her family.

And Breathe..........

How clever Sanjida is weaving Lizzie and Emma with a bond that’s all comes together within this brilliant book.

I was lucky to win the Audio of this book and I found this book even better

Highly recommend this Author Sanjida Kay..

Big thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and Sanjida Kay for letting me read/listen to this brilliant book for a honest review

This is the first book I've read by Sanjida Kay and I was really pleased to have had the opportunity to read this one. It soon draws you in and gets you thinking, and with a twist at the end all in all it was a perfect read for me. I will definitely be searching out the author's other books.

Netgalley and the publisher kindly gave me a chance to read this book.
The story is told from Lizzie a young mother, Emma a married mum and her daughter Stella. Lizzie witnesses a serious crime and her life is changed for ever. Emma is an ordinary working mum and merts a man and starts to see him. At first the characters of Lizzie and Emma are separate but I soon worked out the connection.

This book was a very enjoyable read with some good twists, the last one I didn't see coming. I did think the book was going to finish differently but I still enjoyed the ending.

I would give the book 5 stars, it's a great fit fans of gone girl and girl on a train. Will be looking out for this author in the future.

I really enjoy Sanjida Kay's writing but I found this book harder to get into than her previous two. It was still a good read though and gradually I got more caught up in it.

Here's a fabulous example of how to take a simple premise and turn it on its head. How by just being in the wrong place at the wrong time, your whole world can come crashing down around you and your life will change forever.

The chapters in this novel switch between Emma, Lizzie and Stella. Emma leads a rather nice and comfortable life with her husband and two daughters, until one day she spots a man and her past catches up with her. Emma has been keeping a humongous secret that is slowly revealed throughout the story and I obviously can't say any more about that because that would ruin the entire plot for you.

Personally, I thought it was rather obvious from the start what that secret was and I did feel some things were rather predictable but there is something so beautiful and absorbing in the way Sanjida Kay writes, that it didn't matter one bit to me. As in her previous books, the characters in this story are all incredibly realistic and believable and it's easy to imagine how one event can change the course of your life so dramatically. It makes you wonder what you would do. How do you choose between the life you have now and the one you could have had?

While Lizzie's circumstances are heartbreaking, to say the least, I must say the stand-out character for me was Stella and Sanjida Kay brought this hormonal teenager to life perfectly. And yes, there is a bit of a twist that I didn't see coming at all, which also made me rethink the entire story and enormously appreciate the way the plot was crafted. This is another gripping and compelling novel by this author and I look forward to more by her in future!

I am a huge fan of Sanjida Kay, having raved about Bone by Bone and The Stolen Child. So I was really excited to see that she has a new release, My Mother's Secret - a story that in some ways is fairly different to her other two but is equally as gripping!

Focusing more on a family with a mother that has a big secret, this novel addresses a whole range of issues whilst slowly revealing what Emma is hiding as the novel goes on. Bit by bit the reader starts to realise that people are linked in surprising ways, and I loved the slow reveal of clues and information.

This isn't a fast-paced, all-action novel; rather it's a steady but completely absorbing story which I raced through in no time at all. The characters are all so well crafted and convincing (as, I feel, is always the case in Sanjida Kay's novels) and there were some truly heartbreaking decisions for characters in this novel. I don't want to say much more, as I don't want to spoil anything, but to me the ending was surprising but just right and it really makes you think about how you'd react in the same situation. I hugely enjoyed this read and would definitely recommend it!