After years together, the arrival of longed-for daughter Millie sealed everything in place. A happy little family of three.
And so what if Simon drinks a bit too much sometimes – Daisy’s used to it, she knows he’s letting off steam. Until one night at a party things spiral horribly out of control. And that happy little family of three will never be the same again.
This is very much a book of two - if not three - parts. In the first part we are introduced to Daisy and Simon. Daisy is portrayed by the author as a responsible character - almost too sensible and organised - whereas Simon is less so, has issues with handling his drink and is slowly losing the respect of the friends the pair have known since their university days together. The author did a sterling job in this scene-setting part of the story, influencing the reader into making judgments about each of the main characters, a situation only reinforced by the terrible events which change the course of the family's lives.I well and truly followed the author's trail of breadcrumbs leading me into the desired mindset only to have to set the book down and completely rethink everything in what I felt was the filling in the sandwich of the plot. My 'swingometer' of likes and dislikes for the majority of the adults in the book was set to maximum, their words and actions changing my opinions of each of them as regularly as the chapters moved along.This book is quite possibly the biggest smokescreen of a story I read in 2022 and I regret having left it on the shelf for so long. Adele Parks remains among the authors I know I can rely on to keep my interest from the first page to the last.
Adele Parks MBE is the author of twenty-two bestselling novels including the recent Sunday Times hit and audible Number One sensation One Last Secret. Over 4 million UK editions of her work have been sold and she is translated into 31 different languages.
Her number one bestsellers Lies Lies Lies and Just My Luck were both shortlisted for the British Book Awards and have been optioned for development for TV.
She is an ambassador of the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency: two charities that promote literacy in the UK. She is a judge for the Costa Awards.
Adele was born in North Yorkshire and has lived in Botswana, Italy and London and is now settled in Guildford, Surrey.
In 2022 she was awarded an MBE for services to literature.
Connect with Adele Parks on Twitter @adeleparks, Instagram @adele_parks and Facebook @OfficialAdeleParks or visit www.adeleparks.com.
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