The Favorite Daughter by Kaira Rouda FIC ROU

    Mommy Dearest - yes that is Jane.  A narcissist on steroids (or wine in this case). She was living the good life - husband, David, and her daughters in a beautiful home on the coast.  Jane has plenty of time to be the helicopter mother that is the bane of any child.
     Then a year ago her daughter Mary, home from college, disappears over a cliff and her body is recovered a few days later. Jane spends the past year trying to block out everything. She spends most of her time hiding in her bedroom- mentally and emotionally checked out.
    The book begins on the one year anniversary and she decides she is ready to join life again.  But she isn't really capable of doing that .  David is spending more time than ever at work.  Daughter Betsy is finishing up her senior year of high school and tries to avoid her mother as much as possible.
      One day Jane receives an anonymous note saying that Mary's death was not an accident.  Time for Jane to turn to her detective skills.
The story is told in Jane's voice and it is a wild ride.