Mama by F. E. Birch

This is an Overview Media Review 

Maman - a twisted suspense novel

 

DS Joanna Armstrong, a top child protection detective, becomes the accused when one of her twin babies develops facial bruising - sending her into a spiraling post-natal psychosis.

 

Her life falls apart in an instant. Her team is torn, the doctors think she’s fabricating her illness, and even one of her own colleagues appears hell-bent on destroying her.

 

Can Joanna clear her name when everything seems stacked against her? Can she break through all the prejudice before time runs out? Or is she really mad like they all say?

 

Maman is a gripping tale of family, loyalty, and integrity, but most of all, truth and justice.

My Review:

Joanna is a new mom, to twins. Baby Robert and Lucy. Being a new mom is hard, but something else is happening. Joanna is having memory issues. How do you forget you're a mom? How did her little girl get injured? Why would a new mom have these issues? More so how do you wind up racing about screaming that babies are abandoned, your babies, and you just so happen to be the DS for Child Protection? Wow! This book was powerful, very good, and different from many other stories that you might think are similar. I really enjoyed the insight and effort that was worked into this story, and the ending. 

5 Stars 

F.E. Birch is an ex-cop from the North East but she’s not a Geordie. She is a prolific short story writer with a trail of pseudonyms and publications behind her. With a penchant for dark, deep, and the disturbing, her crimes are rarely cozy. She has self-published two collections of competition-winning short stories and her debut novel, She’s Not There was published in early 2023 by Red Dragon. She is also published by Harper Collins (2013) with stories about being an undercover cop …

With a bendy EDS body, GSOH, and a tad clumsy, she wears many hats and loves wigs. Her friends call her Effie.