Book about a daughter who locks mum up in the house and son in the basement. The father of said daughter is dead by she believes he ran away and left her and her mother.

[Lawraine]

Evening all,

I read a book a couple of years ago and for the life of me I cannot remember the name or the author! It was about a middle aged woman and her mother. She kept her mum locked up in the house chained to her bed. The book was a chapter read by each all the way threw it keeps you guessing who is the bad one. The father of said daughter is dead by she believes he ran away and left her and her mother. As the story develops it then comes out that the daughter has a son and she meets him, towards the end of the book he ends up locked in the basement too. The daughter is the one in the wrong. The father didn’t run away she killed him as a child but she blacked out when she done it and can’t remember it. She then kills her ex boyfriend and father of her son and his new girlfriend in revenge as she believes he also left her but in actual fact the mum made him stay away. There is a lot more goes on in this book but too much to write! Towards the end of the book the mother sets fire to the house and both her and the son die in the fire, she didn’t know her grandson was locked in the basement. I hope from someone will recognise this book from this brief description! It’s as a Sunday times no 1 book! Hopefully someone recognised this jumble of a description lol!

Thanks for reading, Lawraine :)

[Becca]

What Lies Between Us by John Marrs? I haven't read it and the reviews don't give away too many spoilers, so not sure if all the twists and turns match, but the bit about keeping the mother in chains fits. Also it only came out in May 2020, so let us know if that's too recent to be possible.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

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[Holly]

Perhaps:



The two girls are Jackie and Ann. Jackie is the one who associates trees with memories. For example, she has a "first-kiss tree" and a "broken-arm tree". When one of the trees is cut down, she loses it and throws a rock through a car window. Jackie's mother is dead but haunts her as a ghost.

Ann is the girl with the crazed mother imprisoned in the basement. She and her sister Margaret have to feed their mother with live animals.