58 pages 1 hour read

Kimberly McCreight

Like Mother, Like Daughter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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Chapters 23-34Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 23 Summary: “Katrina: Three Days Before”

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of rape, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and death.

Three days before her disappearance, Katrina waits outside Kyle’s apartment building. When he comes out, she confronts him and warns him to stay away from her daughter. She threatens to tell the police about his drug dealing if he goes near Cleo again. He tells her that he has pictures of Cleo “buying, selling, using” drugs that he will share if Katrina turns him in (143).

The next morning, Katrina calls an NYPD detective friend about Doug’s case. They tell her that they found a witness who claims that a black sedan was tailing Doug before he crashed and that they now think it was a homicide.

Katrina returns to Advantage Consulting. She confronts Brian and accuses him of extorting Doug before killing him. Brian denies bribing Amherst on Doug’s daughter’s behalf. He also insists that he did not extort or kill Doug. She believes him.

As she sits in the park to think, Katrina sees a black sedan across the street. It drives away as she approaches.