It’s almost midnight when Jennifer sees her son’s name flash up on her phone. Away at university, she’s normally so happy when he calls. But something is terribly wrong…
Jennifer is devastated for poor Ella’s family – losing their precious girl, so young. She knows her sweet son, just twenty years old, would never, ever harm anyone. But the police are looking for him. And if Dan is innocent, why has he run?
When Jennifer hears how Ella died, her blood runs cold. Because Jennifer’s best friend was murdered twenty years ago the same way. In the same place. Jennifer hasn’t been back since… but now, she has no choice.
She would do anything for her son. Any mother would. But how far will she have to go – what secrets in her own past will she have to confront – to prove Dan is innocent?
And what if the truth is worse than she ever imagined? (Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads.)
This is my first experience reading a book by Kerry Wilkinson, and it won’t be my last! From the get go, I felt like I was thrown right into conflict, when Jennifer receives a late night call from her son Daniel who has been away at college. From her perspective, he hasn’t been as communicative with her as he used to be in his younger years, when she felt like they were a lot more connected. There is a definite feeling that Jennifer struggles a bit with empty nest syndrome, and it doesn’t help that her marriage is on the rocks. All of this really lends into how powerful it is when Daniel makes his out of character phone call, telling her one thing: “It wasn’t me.”
She soon discovers that her son is at the center of a murder investigation, with him being the number one suspect. And he’s missing, and no one knows where he is. This propels Jennifer into dropping everything and going back to the college town she herself had been a part of decades ago, where one of her friends had been murdered in cold blood. Somehow, Daniel’s girlfriend suffered the same exact fate and in the exact same way.
Jennifer is on a quest to discover what really happened to the girlfriend and find her son, before it’s too late. In the midst of it all are haphazard clues and risk and terror at every turn, not only to her son but to herself, as well. She doesn’t know who to trust or who to turn to. It was all portrayed in a realistic manner, with internal thoughts and feelings from Jennifer which highlighted how novice she is when it comes to investigating the truth, yet at the same time, running on pure adrenaline and a deep seeded intuition, all in an effort to bring Daniel to justice.
Given the facts, it’s hard to believe he’s innocent, and at times I wondered that myself. Considering Jennifer doesn’t have as good of a relationship with her son as she used to, it made me question if her path was worth it or not. Once the truth was revealed, especially at the end, it was eye-opening and satisfying. I thoroughly enjoyed My Son’s Girlfriend, a definite five-star experience!
Thanks to Bookouture for the book in exchange for an honest review.
He’s also been busy since turning thirty: his Jessica Daniel crime series has sold more than a million copies in the UK; he has written a fantasy-adventure trilogy for young adults; a second crime series featuring private investigator Andrew Hunter and the standalone thriller, Down Among The Dead Men.
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