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A review by zaheerah
The Darkest Secret by Alex Marwood
3.0
EDIT 19/04/16: holy shit, was this book supposed to similar to the Madeleine McCann disappearance?? I only just realised the similarities now that the case has resurfaced. Many of the aspects here are similar to the Madeleine McCann case (e.g. parents drugging the kids, leaving them unsupervised so they could go out)
~ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review~
Sean Jackson’s three year old twin daughter, Coco, has gone missing leaving only Ruby and no one has a clue what happened. The media blames their mother, but what really happened to the little girl? The Darkest Secret plays over two weekends, set twelve years apart. The first is in 2004 where various friends and family are attending Sean's 5oth birthday weekend while the second is set twelve years later during the weekend of Sean's funeral.
This book was an intense read with engaging characters and drama that focuses on a terrible group of rich people. (for some reason, I can imagine this being a BBC program??) They were horrible- to themselves and to each other. I've never read a more self absorbed group of people like these, which makes it even more fascinating to read as you read on trying to figure out what happened and hopefully learn the truth behind the disappearance of Coco.
Marwood has written a unrelentless novel that creates a group of egoistic characters, and throughout the narrative there is a sense of complete horror as they reveal how far they will go. Overall, a thrilling novel which I felt had a slow start but once the story kicks in, it's really compelling.
~ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review~
Sean Jackson’s three year old twin daughter, Coco, has gone missing leaving only Ruby and no one has a clue what happened. The media blames their mother, but what really happened to the little girl? The Darkest Secret plays over two weekends, set twelve years apart. The first is in 2004 where various friends and family are attending Sean's 5oth birthday weekend while the second is set twelve years later during the weekend of Sean's funeral.
This book was an intense read with engaging characters and drama that focuses on a terrible group of rich people. (for some reason, I can imagine this being a BBC program??) They were horrible- to themselves and to each other. I've never read a more self absorbed group of people like these, which makes it even more fascinating to read as you read on trying to figure out what happened and hopefully learn the truth behind the disappearance of Coco.
Marwood has written a unrelentless novel that creates a group of egoistic characters, and throughout the narrative there is a sense of complete horror as they reveal how far they will go. Overall, a thrilling novel which I felt had a slow start but once the story kicks in, it's really compelling.