Edwards is one of my favourite authors, so I knew I was in for a treat when I downloaded this audiobook. The story follows Ethan and his family, as well as Fiona, who moves in next door. When Fiona starts spending time with 12-year-old Rose, we soon realise that Fiona is extremely evil. This book explores parental child relationships, and what it means to be a psychopath. Although there aren’t many twists as such, there is so much great character development and a constant edge of nerviness pervades the story. It was impossible not to race through it and is one of my top reads of the year.
In this mesmerising thriller from the bestselling author of Keep Her Secret, a family's fresh start is just the beginning of their nightmare...
Ethan Dove's family has moved to a new home in a safe community, and it's exactly the fresh start they need. Not only is his marriage to Emma hanging by a thread, but his son, Dylan, and twelve-year-old daughter, Rose, deserve to have a happy childhood.
After Rose is bullied by the boys across the road, Ethan is relieved when the woman who lives next door steps in. Fiona Smith has come into their lives at just…
I read this in twenty-four hours – it was that good! Following the death of her first husband, Lisa meets senior police detective Alex and marries him. He’s caring towards her young daughter, except nothing is as it seems. Alex is a master of coercive control and after Lisa finds a note written by Alex’s previous wife who supposedly died in a car crash, Lisa realises she’s made a terrible mistake. Except it’s not easy escaping the clutches of a police officer.
There is so much tension in this book, and the characters are so finely portrayed, you’ll find your heart racing and your breath catching. I’ve read many thrillers featuring controlling husbands and women fleeing abusive relationships, but this is surely the best. A must-read!
After a whirlwind romance, widow Lisa thinks she's found her perfect match in senior policeman Alex. He's everything she needs—a devoted husband and caring stepfather to her daughter Bella. And, like Lisa, he knows what it is to lose someone precious. Alex suffered his own bereavement when his previous partner, Polly, passed away.
But is he really Mr. Right?
As Alex's charm gradually morphs into rigid control, Lisa realises that he has a dark side, that she has married a man she doesn't really know.
This is such an original plot taking us into the near future, into a terrifyingly real world. My heart didn't stop thumping as I raced through it, wondering what horrors were going to befall the characters involved in the dystopian reality show. It was completely chilling and gives us an insight into how artificial intelligence could permeate every aspects of our lives, particularly in child-rearing. I couldn't stop thinking about this book once I'd finished it. Eye-opening, twisted in the extreme and compulsive reading.
'Chilling, inventive, horribly plausible and brilliantly addictive.' - C. J. Tudor, author of The Gathering
Some families are virtually perfect . . .
The world's population is soaring, creating overcrowded cities and an economic crisis. And in the UK, breaking point has arrived. A growing number of people can no longer afford to start families let, alone raise them.
But for those desperate to experience parenthood, there is an alternative. For a monthly subscription fee, clients can create a virtual child from scratch who they can access via the metaverse and a VR headset. To launch this new initiative, the…
Grace is living through every mother’s worst nightmare. Her student daughter Abi went away on a dream vacation - and was murdered.
Overwhelmed by grief, and fighting off old demons which have resurfaced, Grace tries to make sense of it – who would want to kill her beautiful girl?
But as she learns more about Abi’s life, she realises she didn’t know her own daughter very well. How did Abi acquire all those designer clothes? And what was she doing on those mysterious trips to the city?
Grace desperately needs to find answers. But soon it becomes clear that someone doesn’t want her digging into Abi’s secret past. Someone who knows how to use Grace’s own weaknesses against her, sending her on a journey to the darkest hell…
