Good Girl, Bad Girl

By Michael Robotham

Book Overview

Finalist for the 2020 Edgar Award for Best Novel

From the internationally bestselling author who Stephen King calls "an absolute master," a fiendishly clever thriller about a dangerous young woman with the ability to know when someone is lying--and the criminal psychologist who must outwit her to survive.

A girl is discovered hiding in a secret room in the aftermath of a terrible crime. Half-starved and filthy, she won't tell anyone her name, or her age, or where she came from. Maybe she is twelve, maybe fifteen. She doesn't appear in any missing persons file, and her DNA can't be matched to an identity. Six years later, still unidentified, she is living in a secure children's home with a new name, Evie Cormac. When she initiates a court case demanding the right to be released as an adult, forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven must determine if Evie is ready to go free. But she is unlike anyone he's ever met--fascinating and dangerous in equal measure. Evie knows when someone is lying, and no one around her is telling the truth.

Meanwhile, Cyrus is called in to investigate the shocking murder of a high school figure-skating champion, Jodie Sheehan, who died on a lonely footpath close to her home. Pretty and popular, Jodie is portrayed by everyone as the ultimate girl-next-door, but as Cyrus peels back the layers, a secret life emerges--one that Evie Cormac, the girl with no past, knows something about. A man haunted by his own tragic history, Cyrus is caught between the two cases--one girl who needs saving and another who needs justice. What price will he pay for the truth?

Emotionally explosive, swiftly paced, and "haunting...Robotham expertly raises the tension as the action hurtles toward the devastating climax" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1982103612
• ISBN13: 9781982103613
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Such a great storyteller...

This was a really good book. My first book from this author. It got my attention right away and I couldn't wait to read more to see what happened. He really is an amazing storyteller. His attention to detail makes you feel like you are there smelling what they smell, hearing what they hear, feeling what they feel and seeing what they see. I am almost finished with another of his books and can't wait to receive When She Was Good so I can find out how this story ends. The first book makes you want to read more about the 2 main characters from this book. In fact I want to see if there is a book devoted solely to Cyrus Haven and good story. From the little detail you get about him it would be a really good read if there is a book about him.