Our Beautiful Mess - Adele Parks

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Résumé :
'Adele Parks consistently writes banger after banger, and Our Beautiful Mess might just be her best yet. Addictive and brilliant' Lisa Jewell

'The tension, the atmosphere, the relentless twists ... a fantastic domestic thriller, the kind that you devour in greedy gulps, unable to stop flipping the pages' Five Star Reader Review

*****

Connie is determined to bring her family together, but explosive revelations and long-held secrets are set to destroy everything important in her world ...

Connie can't wait to have her daughters back home for the holidays. Fran is bringing a new boyfriend to stay, and the empty nest will once again be full of friends, family and young love.

Yet from the moment she sees Zac, Connie knows trouble is coming. Zac reminds her of the worst mistake she has ever made: a man whose charm and good looks nearly destroyed her marriage. She doesn't want him in Fran's world, but then Fran announces she's pregnant.

Connie is terrified that her past is going to threaten her family's future, but there's a greater menace looming. She's not the only one who has something to hide. Someone in the house has another devastating secret. A deception which will put everyone Connie loves in shocking danger, and one of them will pay the ultimate price.

Number One bestseller Adele Parks returns with an explosive and deeply emotional family drama which explores the lengths a parent will go to protect a child...

Sommaire:
for there's nothing stronger than a woman whose family is under threat.

*****

'Had me gripped from beginning to end. Masterfully written with gut-punching twists and brimming with tension this is Adele Parks' best book yet. Absolutely outstanding' Claire Douglas

'Adele Parks has done it again. Grabbed me from page one and kept me there on the edge of my seat. Superb writing as ever. She simply gets better and better and better. You have to read this book!' Ruth Jones

An ObserverThriller of the Month 'A great read'

'A barnstorming novel' The Times

'My favourite Adele Parks novel yet! So brilliant, so compelling, so tense! The suspense builds and builds until the breathless conclusion. Utterly thrilling from start to finish'Lucy Clarke

'Our Beautiful Mess leaps straight to the top of my Adele Parks rankings - wise, intelligent, compassionate, with a masterful pulse of menace throughout. Utterly immersive' Louise Candlish

'Breathe while you can. Adele Parks is back with a heart-in-mouth thriller that will have you frantically turning the pages' C L Taylor

'An addictive tale of family dynamics with layers of tension that grip relentlessly. A superbly crafted, thrilling ride' K L Slater

'No-one does 'family noir' quite like Adele Parks and Our Beautiful Mess is an absolute masterclass - as one terrible mistake leaves a woman's perfect life hanging by a thread' T. M. Logan

'Our Beautiful Mess grabs you from page one and keeps you glued to the edge of your seat until the final sentence. Deliciously dark and addictive' Crime Monthly

'This well-plotted explosive family drama, with superb characterisation, is layered with tension and its pulse-raising dilemmas will have you on the edge of your seat' Sunday Times