Mother's Day: A completely addictive psychological thriller from T J Emerson for 2025

Only your daughter knows what you did... 🩸

Grace has returned to London after twenty years abroad to manage her dying mother’s affairs. When she receives a blank Mother’s Day card in the post, she is confused and unsettled. Who could have sent it to her and why? She isn’t a mother.

Another Mother’s Day card arrives. Then come the silent phone calls. Haunted by disturbing flashbacks, Grace starts to unravel. Someone is out to get her. Someone who knows what she has done. Someone who will make her face the past she has run from for so long.

Can not having a child can change your life as much as having one?

‘This fast-paced story kept me guessing until the end and raised many thought- provoking questions about family, motherhood, rejection and mental health' - Cate Ray, author of Good Husbands

'A cleverly constructed, elegant page turner that will hook you from the very first line. A very enjoyable read' - Louise Dean award-winning author of Becoming Strangers

'Fast-paced, dark and unsettling, this is an intelligently written, edge-of-your-seat thriller. A compelling pageturner with a satisfying ending and a late twist that I didn’t see coming' - 'Susan Elliot Wright, bestselling author of The Flight of Cornelia Blackwood'

‘If you enjoy tension, suspense and surprise, Mother’s Day is your next favourite read. Emerson ratchets up the suspense from the first page and never lets it go. Dignified by deft and ingenious plotting, forensically insightful characterisation and impeccable prose, this psychological thriller delivers on all levels.’ - Lesley Glaister, award-winning author of A Particular Man

'Moving, compelling and beautifully written. It deserves to fly off the shelves.’ - Mel McGrath, author of Give Me the Child

'A great read. I loved the two female protagonists, particularly the brilliantly chilling anti-heroine' - Sarah J. Naughton, author of The Mothers

Praise for T. J. Emerson:

\‘Wow! Beautifully written with a great sense of place that contrasts so well with what is going on behind doors’ Valerie Keogh, bestselling author of The Wives

'...cold, dark and beautifully written tale of manipulation, retribution and the blurred edges of justice.' Shari Low, bestselling author of One Midnight With You

'Tense, daring and totally addictive' Emma Christie

'An immersive, multi-layered story that provokes and excites' T.L. Huchu

'An unputdownable journey into the human condition asking the reader at every turn - how good are we really? How good are you?' Louise Dean

'A gripping, atmospheric and addictive read' Lesley Glaister

'Original, surprising and absolutely brimming with menace' Amanda Block

'This taut, elegant thriller thrums with dark menace and dread. I couldn’t look away' Kate Riordan, bestselling author of The Heatwave

Please note: This book was previously published as She Chose Me.