Bad Mother

De: Mia Sheridan

Narrado por: Vanessa Johansson, Sebastian York

From New York Times bestselling author Mia Sheridan comes the twisted story of one detective’s pursuit of a serial killer who’s taunting her…and the familiar connection between them that’s haunting her.

When Sienna Walker is nearly fired from the NYPD, the last thing she expects is a second chance in the one place she vowed never to return to. But she can’t afford to turn down the job offer, even if a painful familial past and a broken engagement hardly make Reno, Nevada, home sweet home.

It’s made even less sweet by Sienna’s first case—a serial killer with a curious fixation on her. Along with his victims, the killer leaves perplexing clues and chilling journal entries addressed to Sienna detailing the murders he claims his mother committed. The case continues to get personal when her ex-fiancé is called out by the killer as well. Whoever’s behind the diabolical murders, Sienna can only be sure of one thing…it’s someone close to home.

As the twisted truth forces Sienna to face her complicated feelings, she learns that no matter how far you run from your past, it always catches up to you in the end.

©2023 Mia Sheridan (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Totally loved!

Mia's writing is brilliant and unexpected..which I love! Totally blew me away as well as feeling every emotion possible! Narrators did a brilliant job bringing the story to life and Sebastian was a bonus❤️!

Great Thriller Romance!

Mia Sheridan is becoming one of my favorite authors, especially when she writes mystery romance. This book had me on the edge of my seat. it was so good! Also, the narrators were 5/5!

Bad Mother

Bad Mother was such a good book! The characters were great, the narrators were great, and the storyline was amazing and kept me captivated. This is a new to me author, but I think I may have to try out some of her other books. I definitely recommend this one!!

great listen!

I loved this book! It was a great listen, suspense, a little romance, enjoyed it!

Suspense and Romance!!

Loved the dual narration of this audiobook. The narrator’s did a great job and the book was so enjoyable unraveling the plot clue by clue…..Murder by murder

Mystery not romance

While I enjoyed the mystery side of this story it was not romance at all. While the storyline was pretty good the voices of the actors was very new report like.
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Twisted!

Loved the story! What a twisted ride. Mia Sheridan can truly write suspense!!

Not a fan of the female narrator as she was hard to listen to. Her voice cut through me wrong but I had to finish the book!

Another great Mia Sheridan Experience

This was a really great listen! The twists and turns! Until the very end I wasn’t sure how it would end! Mia Sheridan knows how to take us on wild rides!

Exciting and Unique!

It’s been a while since I read a Mia Sheridan book, and I am looking to read more thrillers or mysteries this year so I was excited about Bad Mother by Mia Sheridan. It’s a serial killer thriller with a side of second-chance romance.

Sienna is originally from Reno, but has been a NYC cop for the last 10 years. Due to some heat in NY, she took a temporary job with the Reno PD. After being left at the altar, she never expected to be back in Reno, but as soon as she got there, dead bodies started turning up.

“Think of life as one big game board. If you control the pieces, if you’re a master of every move, you’re a kind of god. If you decide to play, always, always play to win.”

The killer left some very interesting and elaborate clues, as it was kind of a game for him. For me, as interesting as the clues were, they were a bit over-the-top and I don’t think anyone in the world would have really pieced them together the way they did.

"The killer. The caretaker. The monster. The victim. A mixture of them all."

As the clues get personal, Sienna has to bring her ex in to help with the investigation. Even though it’s been years, the connection is still there, as strong as ever.

"He'd learned to live without her, but deep inside, he'd never felt whole."

As the story progressed, Sienna and Gavin work to solve the mystery and catch the killer…or does the killer catch them?

Likes:

•Kept me listening well into the night.
•I didn’t really guess the outcome.
•It was more of a mystery with clues to solve/police procedural than a thriller.
•The escape room elements.
•The ending scenes had me on the edge of my seat!
•Very twisted story.
•It made me cry.
•Loved the epilogue.

Dislikes:

•Some of the clues were so obscure that I don’t believe anyone outside of a book would have ever solved those clues.
•The second-chance aspect didn’t really work for me. I would have rather they met during the case or they really worked out why he left in the first place better (read: GROVEL).
•The ending felt like it just ran out of steam.

The Narration:

Vanessa Johnson was new to me and was just OK for me. As always, I loved Sebastian York, but I almost felt like his sexy voice was wasted here. There were a few lines repeated during the narration. I think this may have been better if I read rather than listened.

The Down & Dirty:
I love that Bad Mother by Mia Sheridan was mostly a thriller/mystery, but there was still a good bit of romance on the side. The story kept me engaged and on the edge of my seat, but it hasn’t really stuck with me. The mystery had lots of unexpected twists and turns, and some parts are not for the faint of heart. There were a lot of clues left by the killer that were so obscure, it seemed a little ridiculous that they were able to find these little tiny clues; for me, that was what held me back from completely loving the story. Still, the edge-of-your-seat excitement made up for it.

Rating: 4 Stars, 2.5 Heat, 4 Narration

2.5 stars: an average book

This is not great literature. I wasn't surprised by the "originality". 3.5 star narration. okay.