Megan Miranda’s Daughter of Mine is a haunting exploration of secrets long buried—both in the depths of Mirror Lake and within the lives of its characters. With an eerie atmosphere and tightly woven suspense, Miranda masterfully intertwines a gripping mystery with timely themes of family, climate change, and the dangers of making assumptions.
The novel begins with Hazel Sharp returning to Mirror Lake, a town she left behind nearly a decade ago, after inheriting her childhood home from her father, Detective Perry Holt. Hazel’s return coincides with an unprecedented drought, which lowers the lake’s water level and unearths a rusted car, potentially holding answers to her mother’s mysterious disappearance.
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