First Lines Friday – 13/03/2026
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When I shared my plan for this First Lines Friday in my Sunday Summary, I challenged myself to feature an author I’ve read recently. This author featured on my February TBR.
Why not read the below opening lines and see if you can guess the author!
“Can you please tell us what happened, Mrs. Cass?” “Am I under arrest?”
“Why do you ask that?”
“I know what you found. I know what you must be thinking.”
“What do you think we found, Mrs. Cass?”
“A… a dead body.”
“And can you explain how this happened?”
“I…”
“Mrs. Cass?”
“Am I under arrest? Please just tell me.”
The Perfect Son – Freida McFadden
Genre: Thriller
Pages: 320
Audience: Adult
Publisher: Hollywood Upstairs Press
Publication Date: 08 Oct 2019
All families have secrets. But some secrets are deadly.
Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until one quiet evening, two detectives show up at her front door.
“Mrs. Cass, we were hoping your son could answer a few questions about the girl who disappeared last night…”
A high school girl has vanished from their quiet neighbourhood, and the police suspect the worst. Erika’s teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive.
Erika has always sensed something… different in her seemingly perfect oldest child. He’s charming, smart, and popular, but mothers have the best instincts. Erika knows there’s more to her son than meets the eye.
She wants to believe he’s innocent, but as the evidence mounts, she can’t deny the truth? Liam may have done the unthinkable.
My Thoughts…
When I planned this First Lines Friday, I knew I wanted to feature Freida McFadden. I was introduced to her through her Housemaid series. They’re highly popular books, but there is also a film on the first book now if you want to try her work that way.
In my Highly Anticipated Releases of 2026 video, I shared my first read and release of the year to look at was a Freida McFadden book. The title? Dear Debbie. This read went down every bit as well as I expected. My review will follow on YouTube soon, so if you want to look out for that, I’d suggest subscribing so you get notified when it comes out.
Needless to say, now I’ve read and loved the latest release by Freida, I’m free to explore her backlist. I sampled a few books before deciding on today’s First Lines Friday feature. All sounded good, but this one had the most gripping intro for the purpose of this post. I also looked at Never Lie and Want to Know a Secret. Over time, I plan to read all of these…
Have you read The Perfect Son or one of the MANY other reads by Freida McFadden?
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Thanks for checking out today’s First Lines Friday, and I’ll see you in my next post!
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