Charged with shoplifting, a young woman chooses to say her name is Rebecca (Bec) Winter. So starts Anna Snoekstra's debut psychological thriller, ONLY DAUGHTER. She didn't want to use her real name for fear of consequences to something she'd done. So, she picks the name of a 16-year- old girl who was kidnapped 11 years before. Someone had told her once she looked like Bec when the TV news covered the story. Good at lying and spinning tales, she also manages to rig the DNA test.

She installs herself in Bec's life, hugging her parents, playing with her brothers and hanging out with her best friend. All the time, she's trying to dodge the questions of the police investigator who worked on Bec's case years ago.

Interspersed with fake Bec's story, Snoekstra introduces us to real Bec in the weeks before her disappearance. Real Bec worked at McDonald's, crushed on an older boy and shoplifted with her best friend. It's an interesting juxtaposition which helps increase the suspense. I think some readers will have trouble suspending disbelief at the whole concept, but I enjoyed it. Fake Bec has suspicions of something with real Bec's friends and family and comes to the conclusion that what happened to Bec could just as easily happen to her. Good suspense keeps the pages turning. The only problem is that Snoekstra leaves some instances and people's behavior unanswered.

I enjoy good writing as much as the next person, but I'm equally captivated by a good plot. If a storyteller can keep my interest enough to keep me from my work, then he or she has done a good job. Snoekstra doesn't explain everything, but I enjoyed her debut nonetheless and won't hesitate to pick up another of her books.