Books like The trophy child by Paula Daly

Alicia Berenson, a celebrated painter, shoots her husband Gabriel and then falls silent, becoming a media sensation. In North London’s Grove secure unit, psychotherapist Theo Faber devotes himself to uncovering why she became the Silent Patient and his own true motives.

At Pirriwee Public, a beachside school, a routine trivia night spirals into chaos when a parent dies—raising questions of murder, accidental death, or toxic truths. Parents discover how small lies can become deadly.

A suspenseful look inside the seemingly perfect marriage of Jack and Grace, where love, secrecy, and abuse mask a household of hidden violence.

A new student at a boarding school becomes embroiled in a supernatural mystery involving a ghost and a serial killer, leading her to confront dark secrets from her past.

Two British soldiers become unlikely friends in Cold War espionage and today's world of terrorism.

An exhausted mother of three discovers her daughter's friend has vanished, setting off a tense search and a mystery that forces her to confront family secrets.

Charlie's life is thrown into disarray after his mother remarries, and he must learn to accept the changes brought by new family dynamics.

Cecilia Fitzpatrick’s flawless life unravels when she discovers a letter from her husband meant only for after his death. The secret threatens to shatter her marriage, her community, and the closely guarded lives of her closest friends.

The critical importance of the early years is now recognized and it is widely acknowledged that early learning and experience remain crucial to all later development. A limited amount of publications are beginning to address the emotional and social domain. However, there are few if any publications which address the important areas of moral and spiritual growth. This book addresses the emotional, social, moral and spiritual progress of the young child. One of the vital aspects of this book is its proposal to optimize the progress of these areas within the context of the whole child. Its use of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs as its structural base to outline the needs of children provides a very useful framework for the reader to fully comprehend just what is involved. Though written by an Irish author the book tackles developmental areas and indeed philosophical questions which are important all over the world. The book shows that at present we are not doing the best for our children and the negative repercussions of this are being felt in homes, schools, communities and in societies worldwide. The book puts the onus on the reader to start making changes immediately.

A quiet, unassuming English mother in the 1940s faces subtle domestic pressures that build to a gripping, unresolved climax.

A first‑time thriller that spins a tense love triangle, in which a mother’s obsessive bid to keep her son with her threatens the life of the woman he loves.