Book Review: Family Doctor by J.M. Dalgliesh

3.5⭐
Genre ~ psychological thriller
Setting ~ Scotland
Publication date ~ January 2, 2025
Publisher ~ Bookouture
Est Page Count ~ 311 (p+ 42 chapters +e)
Audio length ~ 9 hours 47 minutes
Narrator ~ Eilidh Beaton
POV ~ single 1st
Featuring ~ missing daughter, dual timeline, secrets from the past, infidelity

My review:

Kelly gets a message that her daughter, Lauren, has been kidnapped. In order to get her back safely she’ll need to kill one of her patients. Can she take someone’s life in order to save another?

Who has Lauren? What is Kelly hiding from the past? Are they connected? There are plenty of suspects from the present and the past to go around. The infidelity was gross, I mean it usually is, but this one was extra gross.

Overall, at times slow moving for me, but engaging nonetheless. I didn’t not see the culprit or the twists coming, so whoop whoop for that.

Narration notes:
She did fine, and sounded like how I would think a mother in this situation should sound. Her voices for men, oof. She would slow down her tone, which made them sound odd to me. Didn’t hate it per se, but I think I might slightly like it better in book form.

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Book blurb:

I have three days to kill a patient. If I fail, my daughter will die…

As the only doctor on a stunning remote Scottish island, I finally feel safe and happy. Here, nobody knows about my troubled past except my teenage daughter Lauren. As a single mother, it’s just the two of us now, and Lauren is my world.

Caring for every person on the island from birth to death, I know all their fears and secrets. But they don’t know mine, and for the sake of my daughter, I must keep it that way…

Everything is going perfectly until I am sent a link to a live video stream of my beautiful daughter Lauren, her wide blue eyes terrified. And there’s a voice:

‘Three rules. Three days.
You must murder one of your patients.
You must not tell another soul.
You must not get caught.
If you fail, your daughter dies…’

A jaw-dropping psychological thriller from multi-million copy bestseller J M Dalgliesh. This utterly addictive, pulse-pounding read is packed with twists you’ll never forget. Perfect for anyone who loves Freida McFadden, Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train.

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