BOOK DESCRIPTION
One of them is missing… One of them did it…
The Thanksgiving retreat was meant to be a time for them to get away from it all, miles from the secrets that threaten to tear their family apart. But they’re each hiding something:
Rose hopes the pretty house overlooking the sea is just the break her family needs. But as she gazes at the water and remembers her own childhood, she is utterly terrified.
Brandon knows his wife Rose has barely forgiven him for his affair. He’s started drinking again, a road that led him to disaster once before.
Brianna, Rose’s sister-in-law, is recovering from her fifth miscarriage, and when she looks at her adorable niece, she can’t help but see the daughter she deserves.
Then three-year-old Lily disappears from her bed in the villa. Isolated in what should have been paradise, it quickly becomes clear that one of them took her.
As one by one their secrets are uncovered, who will be destroyed next?
I would imagine that most parents at some time in their lives have experienced every parent's worst nightmare, the heart stopping moment when you are out somewhere and lose sight of one of your children. The overpowering emotions, fear, terror and panic as you frantically search from them, constantly calling their name. Then the immense feeling of relief when you find them again and wrap them in your arms, swearing never to let them out of your sight ever again. Now, imagine knowing that you had put your child safely into their bed and that they were sound asleep when you left them and yet when you return to check that they are ok, you discover that the bedroom.window that you were absolutely certain was closed, is open and your child has gone, vanished without a trace.
The chapters of this intense, addictive story are set in the duel timelines of before and after Lily's disappearance,slip back and forth in time and are narrated from the perspectives of three, diverse, vivid female characters. There is Rose who is married to Brandon and they have two young children called Lily and Jackson, Annabel and Mateo who have two young boys called Michael and Marcus. Then there is Brandon's step sister Bree who is married to Leo, they don't have any children despite spending a lot of money on fertility treatment. Three couples who have been friends for a long time and from the outside appear to be a very tight group. But feelings of jealousy, resentment and greed are bubbling away below the surface and after young Lily disappears from her bed whilst the adults are partying, cracks appear in the foundations of the group's relationships. A black cloud hangs over their villa in paradise, secrets and lies start seeping through the crevices, mistrust permeates the atmosphere and accusations start flying. Unbeknownst to the others, one of them is a master manipulator who knows exactly what happened to little Lily on that fateful night and is prepared to do everything in their power to prevent their dark secret from being uncovered including gaslighting and emotional blackmail.
Omg, wow....just wow and wow again, I really really loved this incredible, page turner that had me hooked in and glued to my kindle from the first page. It's a emotionally charged,character driven, perfectly paced story that has a cast of realistic,diverse characters, some likeable,some not so likeable and some genuinely unexpected twists and turns. I would love to watch a film or tv adaptation of this unputdownable thriller and if I could, I would give it many more than five stars. Very very highly recommended and definitely going to be one of my favourite reads of this year.
AUTHOR BIO
M.M. Chouinard writes crime fiction (including suspense, procedurals, and cozies), and women's fiction. M.M. Chouinard's first fiction story was published in her local paper when she was eight, and she fell in love with Agatha Christie novels not long after. While pursuing a Ph.D in psychology and helping to found the first U.S. research university of the new millenium, the stories kept rattling around inside her skull, demanding to come out. For sanity's sake, she released them.
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Website: www.mmchouinard.com
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Publication Day: 27/05/2021
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