'Adele Parks consistently writes banger after banger, and Our Beautiful Mess might just be her best yet. Addictive and brilliantâ 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
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Connie is determined to bring her family together, but explosive revelations and long-held secrets are set to destroy everything important in her world â¦
Connie canât 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 doesnât want him in Franâs world, but then Fran announces sheâs pregnant.
Connie is terrified that her past is going to threaten her familyâs future, but thereâs a greater menace looming. Sheâs 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; for thereâs nothing stronger than a woman whose family is under threat.
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'Had me gripped from beginning to end. Masterfully written with gut-punching twists and brimming with tension this is Adele Parksâ best book yet. Absolutely outstandingâ Claire Douglas
âAdele 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!â Ruth Jones
An Observer Thriller of the Month âA great readâ
'A barnstorming novel' The Times
âMy 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 finishâ Lucy Clarke
âOur Beautiful Mess leaps straight to the top of my Adele Parks rankings â" wise, intelligent, compassionate, with a masterful pulse of menace throughout. Utterly immersiveâ Louise Candlish
âBreathe while you can. Adele Parks is back with a heart-in-mouth thriller that will have you frantically turning the pagesâ C L Taylor
âAn addictive tale of family dynamics with layers of tension that grip relentlessly. A superbly crafted, thrilling rideâ K L Slater
âNo-one does âfamily noirâ quite like Adele Parks and Our Beautiful Mess is an absolute masterclass â" as one terrible mistake leaves a womanâs perfect life hanging by a threadâ 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
