Books like The perfect couple by Brenda Novak

Zoe Duncan faces the heart‑shattering loss of her thirteen‑year‑old daughter Sam, who vanishes from her own backyard. While the police suspect a runaway, Zoe refuses to accept that her child left by herself. Determined to find Sam, she risks her job, her home, and her upcoming marriage, even willing to disclose every secret to a private investigator. Jonathan Stivers, a seasoned PI who volunteers for The Last Stand, Sacramento’s victim assistance charity, takes Zoe’s case despite running low on leads. He immediately senses that the child’s captor is someone close to the family, but the realization comes only when he peeks behind the façade of the nearby couple that seem perfect but are anything but. The novel blends suspense, romance, and the emotional landscape of mothers and daughters as it follows Zoe and Jonathan on a tense, twisting hunt for truth and justice.

First publish date: 2009