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The Perfect Son

By: Freida McFadden
Narrated by: Suzie Althens, Daniel Thomas May
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"Mrs. Cass, we were hoping your son could answer a few questions about the girl who disappeared last night...."

Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until the evening when two detectives show up at her front door.

A high school girl has vanished from Erika's quiet suburban neighborhood. The police suspect the worst - murder. And Erika's teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive.

Erika has always sensed something dark and disturbed in her seemingly perfect older child. She wants to believe he's innocent, but as the evidence mounts, she can't deny the truth - Liam may have done the unthinkable.

Now she must ask herself: How far will she go to protect her son?

©2019 Freida McFadden (P)2022 Tantor

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Really liked this one

I finished this one in one day. I couldn’t stop listening. There are a few twists in here that you don’t see coming. Left me wanting to know more.

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Best book ever! voice is awesome👍

I listen so many times and I love the plot every time awesome👍 ever heard

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GREAT THRILLER

OMG! Frieda always does a good job. This is one of my faves! Very psychopath/sociopath informative !

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Would be better without animal torture

***IF NOT FOR SEVERAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ANIMAL DEATH, TORTURE AND ABUSE this would be a 4.5 star review

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Erica fears Liam, THE PERFECT SON, has kidnapped and killed his girlfriend.

Freida McFadden captured my attention with the opening paragraph and held it throughout THE PERFECT SON.

Told mostly from Erica’s point of view, she believes her teenager to be sociopathic based on incidents from his younger childhood. Sympathizing with her was difficult, half in denial, she does the bare minimum to mitigate Liam’s potential crimes, like hiring a PI to scare off potential girlfriends. Erica never talks to Liam or takes him to a therapist. She wrings her hands and frets.

I didn’t like any of the characters, but THE PERFECT SON entertained me and today, I wanted to be entertained not edified by great literature.

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TERRIBLE NARRATOR

this is another book with so much potential but the narrator ruined it. So robotic and phony.
Read this book. Do not listen, trust me.

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Really enjoyed this one

I really appreciate when the turns aren’t obvious or seem obvious and turn out to be completely different. This book fit the bill.

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predictable

it was ok book overall but the ending was predictable half way. it was also hard for me to take the teenager perspective seriously as the words used as "teenager" was too mature

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Very well written

A very nicely written mystery novel. I took it as an audiobook, I was not fond of the narrators performances, but the novel was so well written that I can ignore the performance.

It's an easy read. Highly recommend.

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Anxiety filled home

This is my 8th read of Freida’s books. It was very good story of an anxiety filled home and lack of trust issues …But the twist was a little obvious. Great narration.

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Totally Loved It!!!

I did not see that coming!!! The way it was narrated, for me, it was as if I was watching the movie!!!

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