I didn’t get up until 11 o’clock this morning. My dogs were waiting patiently under my bed for me to make a move; however, I was enthralled by this book and had to stay put until I got to the end. When the first chapter is titled ‘The End’, you know you’re going to be in for a tantalising journey to find out how ‘the end’ came about.
Connie and her husband, Luke, are happy to have their three girls home for the holidays but when their eldest daughter, Fran, introduces her boyfriend, Zac, Connie is stunned at Zac’s resemblance to someone from a time in her life which she has tried to put behind her. It was at this point that I thought I had an idea how the story was going to go but as matters became more and more complicated, none of my guesses were proved to be right.
Connie is not the only one keeping a secret. Someone else is in the most awful trouble, facing dangerous, even deadly consequences. There are twists and turns galore in this nail biter, and as the story came to its conclusion, I had a feeling of dread about which way it would go, always keeping the first chapter in mind.
I’m a big fan of the way Adele Parks casts a cynical eye over her stories. Her characters are always only too human: I’m thinking here of the book in which two couples shared a lottery ticket. That one had a twist in the tail too!
Highly recommended.
Published by Harper Collin’s
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