Review of A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson

I received a copy of this title via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family is a gripping legal thriller that forces the reader to consider: How far would you go to protect the ones you love? In this twisted narrative of love and murder, a horrific crime makes a seemingly normal family question everything they thought they knew about their life—and one another.

Eighteen-year-old Stella Sandell stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost fifteen years her senior. She is an ordinary teenager from an upstanding local family. What reason could she have to know a shady businessman, let alone to kill him?

Stella’s father, a pastor, and mother, a criminal defense attorney, find their moral compasses tested as they defend their daughter, while struggling to understand why she is a suspect. Told in an unusual three-part structure, A Nearly Normal Family asks the questions: How well do you know your own children? How far would you go to protect them?

My Review:
5 Stars

How well do you every truly know someone, let alone your own child? There comes a point where we lose touch with who our child has become. A point where we have to trust their judgement and hope that they are making smart decisions. If those decisions veer away from what we hope, how far would you go to protect your child?

Adam and Ulrika are living every parents worst nightmare, their daughter is being accused of murder. A murder that neither of her parents can see her doing, or can they?

As the evidence starts to mount up Stella's parents need to figure out where their loyalties lie and whether they have what it takes to protect the daughter that they love so much. 

Suspenseful and riddled with twists and turns, this book will have you looking for the truth right up to the last page.