My Daughter's Boyfriend

A mother's instincts go into overdrive when her daughter Ellie introduces a new boyfriend, Daryl, who seems too good to be true. Daryl welcomes the family to his whitewashed house, complete with a stunning swimming pool and sun-drenched patio, and Ellie believes she has found the man of her dreams. But one morning the narrator discovers a terrible secret in his basement that changes everything, revealing that Daryl has been lying to them from the start. When she goes to confront him, Ellie and Daryl have vanished, and Ellie isn't answering her phone. Convinced her daughter is in mortal danger, the narrator races to uncover the truth and save her precious girl before it's too late. The first book in the My Daughter's Boyfriend series, this is a fast, twist-driven psychological thriller built around a mother's desperation and a charming stranger's hidden menace, told from the protective mother's point of view.