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A review by intonewrealms
A Parent Apart by Gary Wright
4.0
Andrew had a traumatic experience in the sea as a child so he refuses to get near it nowadays. Unfortunately, he lives nearby it and his daughter Maria and her best friend Joe are always clamouring to go in. One day while he and his wife Sophie are looking after the kids his worst nightmare comes true and Andrew is pursued by police officers determined to learn the truth, which they don't believe is the same thing he has told them.
You can tell that the author has been a police officer because we spend a lot of time in their perspectives and see the way they work in a lot more detailed depth than a lot of other crime novels, which made it a lot more captivating to me than most of those. I enjoyed the multitude of perspectives, especially at the beginning when we saw different views on the morning of the tragedy. I would have liked to see more perspectives from the wives later on in the novel as they are both having really difficult times and I think could add another dimension to the story, but I did like how the couples seemed to take turns supporting each other when each of them was in a worse mental position. I would have liked to see a few more remembrances of the couples when they were friends to show the jump from trust to horror and hate, but I did sympathise with each of them. Overall a thrilling pageturner that I would definitely recommend.
You can tell that the author has been a police officer because we spend a lot of time in their perspectives and see the way they work in a lot more detailed depth than a lot of other crime novels, which made it a lot more captivating to me than most of those. I enjoyed the multitude of perspectives, especially at the beginning when we saw different views on the morning of the tragedy. I would have liked to see more perspectives from the wives later on in the novel as they are both having really difficult times and I think could add another dimension to the story, but I did like how the couples seemed to take turns supporting each other when each of them was in a worse mental position. I would have liked to see a few more remembrances of the couples when they were friends to show the jump from trust to horror and hate, but I did sympathise with each of them. Overall a thrilling pageturner that I would definitely recommend.