Karin Slaughter, “Pieces of Her”

What if the person you thought you knew best turns out to be someone you never knew at all? Andrea Cooper knows everything about her mother Laura. But all that changes when a Saturday afternoon trip to the mall explodes into violence and Andrea suddenly sees a completely different side to Laura. For nearly 30 years Laura has been hiding from her previous identity. But now she’s been exposed, and nothing will ever be the same again. Andrea embarks on a desperate journey following the breadcrumbs of her mother’s past. And if she can’t uncover the secrets hidden there, there may be no future for either one of them.