It wasn't the smell that alerted the privileged residents of the gated community of Withered Vale to the fact that something was amiss at number four.It was the black,menacing,humming mass of bluebottles rising out of Olive Collin's chimney.
The neighbours insist that they are shocked when it transpires that Olive's body has been rotting in her home for three months. And yet none of them had thought to check up on her when she vanished from sight.
When Detective Frank Brazil and his young colleague Emma Child start to ask questions, they discover that the neighbours lives are not as flawless as they seem. In fact, the people living in Withered Vale have more issues and secrets than you would see on a whole series of Jeremy Kyle. It seems that everyone of them has something to hide,someone to lose and everything to gain from her death.
Dirty Little Secrets is a enthralling,character driven who did or didn't do it that is voiced by numerous,realistic characters including Frank,Emma and lonely,manipulative,interfering Olive. All the vivid characters had flaws,issues and secrets ranging from porn addiction,affairs,denial to mental and physical abuse,greed and jealousy. My favourite characters were Emma,Matt,Alison,Holly and young Wolf, the rest of the characters were not very likeable although I did change my opinion on a couple of them by the time I finished the book.
I loved Dirty Little Secrets,just as much as I loved The Confession which was one of my favourite reads of last year. I was totally enthralled by every character's part of the story and loved that most of the chapters ended on a cliff hanger,giving the reader a very bad case of Just one more chapter syndrome. Although the story is narrated by numerous characters,the chapters are clearly annotated and the writers words flow with ease drawing you into her characters fictional world. I liked how some of the characters changed as the story unfolded and they realised that the way they were living their lives had to change. I was hooked in from the very first page and genuinely didn't want to put this gripping thriller down. Absolutely amazing book,worth far more than five stars and very highly recommended by little old me.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jo Spain's first novel, top ten bestseller With our Blessing, was one of seven finalists in the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller Competition. It was named as an Irish Times crime fiction book of the year by Declan Burke. Beneath the Surface (2016) and Sleeping Beauties (2017), the second and third in the DI Tom Reynolds series followed, to further critical acclaim. Her standalone thriller, The Confession, released in January 2018, became a number one bestseller and sold in multiple territories. Jo is releasing the fourth Tom Reynolds, The Darkest Place, in 2018 and a new standalone Dirty Little Secrets in 2019.
Jo also writes for TV and is the co-writer of new series Taken Down.
A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Jo lives in Dublin with her husband and their four young children. Jo previously worked as a policy advisor in the Irish parliament and as vice-chair of the business body InterTrade Ireland.
Jo’s debut novel is set against a background of the infamous Irish Magdalene Laundries and Mother and Baby homes. The author’s own father was born in one such home in Dublin and the novel’s backdrop was constructed based on the in-depth research she undertook while attempting to trace her family roots.
Her favourite writers include Pierre LeMaitre, Fred Vargas, Louise Penny, Jo Nesbo, Ann Cleeves, B.A. Paris, Elizabeth Haynes and Agatha Christie.
PUBLICATION DATE: 7th February 2019
PRINT LENGTH: 418 pages
PUBLISHER: Quercus
GENRE: Psychological Thriller
PRE-Order/Purchase Link
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dirty-Little-Secrets-Jo-Spain-ebook/dp/B078YZQJ9X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1549451708&sr=1-1&keywords=dirty+little+secrets+jo+spain
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