What Have I Done? by Teresa Driscoll

 

Laura and Joe have two daughters,  Ruby & Clara. Ruby is angry, disappointed with her mother and has gone to find a job in Scotland - far away from home. Away from her mother. Clara is having her own anxiety issues to deal with.

An air traffic crisis has Laura stranded at a Parisian airport. Being the good samaritan and a good mother, she offers to share her room with another stranded passenger - a young lady who was equally lost and alone. Making easy conversation, like anyone would do, if they found the person to be a similar age as their child, it did seem odd that this young woman would leave the next morning without even small thank you or goodbye.

Ignoring the whole incident, Laura goes back to her life. Until something odd starts to occur. Somebody has gone to dropped off her laundry. Not her husband, not Clara. Then she finds two pendants sitting on her kitchen table. They look familiar. How did they appear in her house? Where had she seen them? 

These sudden occurences are now turning dangerous. Two girls in the city have k*illed themselves. All because of some cult or youth group called StarBonders. Joe meets with a horrific accident...

Now what does StarBonders have to do with Laura and her family? Why is Ruby so angry with her mother? Do things get better with them? Clara gets embroiled into something dangerous that will either break her family or bring them all closer.  

I have been super caught up with work that I decided to go slow on this one. One chapter at a time. Up until Chapter 55, you don't really know who the culprit is and when you do get to know, you will feel that you knew this person all along. Just by some other name and identity. But, what you probably won't guess is why this person had gone on a rampage. You don't feel a sense of relief that you found out the criminal mind behind the story. You are now bent to know why the hell...just why the hell! 

To know exactly what he hell is going on, read this book. I like Teresa Driscoll. Her books are a slow burn and I don't think she believes in rushed endings.

[PS:The k*llings of three young girls in the last month or so, over their obsession with all things Korean, was shocking. This book unfortunately hits home harder than expected because there is this youth group that talks you into finding your soul mate and things like that. It is scary to think, young people are so attracted and tempted to know what others think of them and trust unknown sources for any kind of gratification, not seeing clearly that their generation are heading towards disaster.]