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Book Review of Kiss Her Goodbye

Kiss Her Goodbye
Kiss Her Goodbye
Author: Wendy Corsi Staub
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Woodsbridge, New York, is the sort of upscale community where the American Dream is alive and thriving - shiny cars, beautiful homes, and safe, tree-shaded streets. There are pools where kids splash each other gleefully, and soccer games where moms cheer their teenagers from the sidelines. For Kathleen Carmody, moving to Woodsbridge is an attempt to escape memories of her own rough childhoold and a shattering secret that still haunts her. It's aplace where her 13-year-old daughter Jen will have everything Kathleen didn't.

but suddenly, the sleepy, affluent suburb is gripped by fear. One by one, teenage girls are disappearing from Woodsbridge's "safe" streets. Someone wants what these charmed people have. Someone who will take what they love most. Someone who is targeting girls with long, blond hair and brown eyes...girls who look a lot like Jen. Someone who is watching and waiting for the moment Kathleen drops her guard and kisses her daughter goodbye...