A review by ladyeremite
The Darkest Secret by Alex Marwood

3.0

This book is obviously based on the disappearance fo Madeleine McCann, with enough fictional elements added to raise the intrigue and prevent a libel charge. However, if you are familiar with the theories surrounding that case - the "disappearance" of a supremely photogenic, very possibly sedated three-year-0ld daughter of a wealthy family from an unsupervised room at a vacation home while her parents and their friends are at dinner - then it's hard not to see the parallels. The additional plot elements and characters Marwood adds are the ones that end up being the important ones for her story however. In general, it's a well-crafted and well-written thriller, although, particularly at the beginning, the sheer quantity of perspectives can be hard to keep track of, some important elements of the plot are left unanswered and the ultimate resolution(s) to the mystery of Coco's disappearance don't entirely make sense.