Daddy Made Me Do It: Book 1 in the Zoe Grant Series

By Darcie Morin

When 32-year-old Eleanor Reeds walks into a Manhattan Police precinct covered in blood and calmly confesses to the brutal murder of a renowned child psychologist, seasoned NYPD Detective Zoe Grant is assigned the case. But Eleanor's only explanation for her crime:

"My Daddy made me do it."

There's just one problem: her father, Dr. Malcom Reeds, a disgraced cult leader, once accused of ritualistic abuse, has been dead for fifteen years.

As Zoe digs into Eleanor's twisted past, she discovers disturbing connections between the murder and a string of unsolved killings from the 1990's- cases that were buried quietly under her department's watch. The deeper she investigates, the more Zoe begins to question whether Eleanor is a delusional pawn, a cold-blooded killer... or a survivor of a forgotten nightmare.

But Eleanor isn't the only one with a legacy of secrets. Zoe's own father, a decorated former police Sergeant, once worked the original Reeds case- and kept damning evidence hidden from view. Now, Zoe must confront the terrifying possibility that the sins of both their fathers are not just buried- but rotting beneath their feet.

As the lines blur between guilt and innocence, madness, and memory, Zoe races to uncover the truth before more blood is spilled. But when the final pieces fall into place, she'll face a choice: protect her father's legacy... or burn it all to the ground.

In a haunting game of psychological cat-and-mouse, Daddy Made Me Do It explores how trauma echoes across generations- and whether we are ever truly free from the ghosts that raise us.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G6ST5ZXC
• ISBN13: 9798276836959
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"