{"schema_version":"bf_book_companion_v1","release_id":"20260414T102527Z","book":{"amazon_purchase_url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/1464266522?tag=bookfrontier-20","asin":"1464266522","authors":["Iliana Xander"],"book_id":"9781464266522","canonical_url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781464266522","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781464266522.jpg?v=20260414T102527Z%3A2026-04-14T10%3A25%3A27Z","description":"From #1 bestselling author Iliana Xander comes a twisty, fast-paced psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Freida McFadden. Mackenzie Casper is a brilliant student. But she is best known for her mother, a best-selling author whose dark, twisted thrillers have a dedicated worldwide fanbase. When her mother dies in an accident, fans across the world are left grieving, and the investigators are asking: Was that really an accident? The day of the memorial service, Mackenzie gets the first mysterious envelope, signed, From #1 fan. XOXO. Inside are the pages of her mother's diary that start with the lines: Want to know a secret? Love, Mom. What Mackenzie reads leaves her in shock. Then comes the second letter. And the third... Mackenzie starts her own investigation and stumbles upon secrets that her family has lived with for years. Quickly, she realizes that her mother's path to stardom was etched with sinister lies that might have caught up with her. Sometimes fame is worth a murder. Or worse. Soon, Mackenzie will come to find out that there are worse things than murder…","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9781464266522","publication_date":"20250902","publisher":"Sourcebooks","slug":"love-mom","subtitle":"","title":"Love, Mom"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"FIC031080","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Psychological Thrillers","score":0.8216,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"FIC031100","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Domestic Thrillers","score":0.8137,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"YAF062030","confidence_band":"medium","label":"YA Psychological Thrillers","score":0.8068,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"FIC031080","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Psychological Thrillers","score":0.8216,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"FIC031100","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Domestic Thrillers","score":0.8137,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"YAF062030","confidence_band":"medium","label":"YA Psychological Thrillers","score":0.8068,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"FIC030000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Suspense","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"FIC031080","confidence_band":"high","label":"Psychological Thrillers","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Psychological Thrillers","score":0.8216,"slug":"psychological-thrillers"},{"label":"Domestic Thrillers","score":0.8137,"slug":"domestic-thrillers"},{"label":"YA Psychological Thrillers","score":0.8068,"slug":"ya-psychological-thrillers"}],"reader_fit":["Good for fans of psychological thrillers","Readers who enjoy mystery and suspense involving family secrets"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Iliana Xander"],"book_id":"9781464272752","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781464272752.jpg?v=20260414T102527Z%3A2026-04-14T10%3A25%3A27Z","score":24.2775,"title":"Love, Mom","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781464272752"},{"authors":["Mary Kubica"],"book_id":"9780778388005","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780778388005.jpg?v=20260414T102527Z%3A2026-04-14T10%3A25%3A27Z","score":18.6202,"title":"It's Not Her","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780778388005"},{"authors":["Freida McFadden"],"book_id":"9781464249624","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781464249624.jpg?v=20260414T102527Z%3A2026-04-14T10%3A25%3A27Z","score":18.5811,"title":"Dear Debbie","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781464249624"},{"authors":["Freida McFadden"],"book_id":"9781464227325","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781464227325.jpg?v=20260414T102527Z%3A2026-04-14T10%3A25%3A27Z","score":18.5733,"title":"The Crash","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781464227325"},{"authors":["Freida McFadden"],"book_id":"9781728296166","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781728296166.jpg?v=20260414T102527Z%3A2026-04-14T10%3A25%3A27Z","score":18.5652,"title":"Never Lie","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781728296166"},{"authors":["Freida McFadden"],"book_id":"9781538742570","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781538742570.jpg?v=20260414T102527Z%3A2026-04-14T10%3A25%3A27Z","score":18.5479,"title":"The Housemaid","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781538742570"},{"authors":["Freida McFadden"],"book_id":"9781464221132","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781464221132.jpg?v=20260414T102527Z%3A2026-04-14T10%3A25%3A27Z","score":18.5337,"title":"The Housemaid Is Watching","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781464221132"},{"authors":["Freida McFadden"],"book_id":"9781464227318","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781464227318.jpg?v=20260414T102527Z%3A2026-04-14T10%3A25%3A27Z","score":18.5324,"title":"The Tenant","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781464227318"}],"topics":[{"evidence_refs":["keyword:psychological thriller"],"label":"Thriller","score":0.2293,"slug":"thriller"},{"evidence_refs":["phrase_map_match"],"label":"Book Club","score":0.2144,"slug":"book-club"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:mystery thriller suspense"],"label":"Mystery","score":0.1762,"slug":"mystery"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:suspense thriller"],"label":"Suspense","score":0.1465,"slug":"suspense"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:psychological thriller"],"label":"Psychological","score":0.0679,"slug":"psychological"}],"what_you_get":["Themes: psychological thriller, family secrets, fame and deception.","Pacing: fast, momentum-driven storytelling.","Story elements: mysterious letters, investigation, dark family secrets."]},"llm_signals":{"confidence":0.9,"pacing":"fast","reader_fit":["Fans of psychological thrillers","Readers who enjoy mystery and suspense involving family secrets"],"themes":["psychological thriller","family secrets","fame and deception"],"tropes":["mysterious letters","investigation","dark family secrets"]},"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":true,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":0,"goodreads_ratings_count":188142,"goodreads_reviews_count":15752,"quality_score":1}}