Barry Awards Best Paperback original (nominee)
If there has been a better mystery-suspense story written in this decade, I cant think of it . . . transcend[s] the genre. Stephen King
A cruel and cunning mystery . . . Plot-twisting, mind-altering and monstrously funny. The New York Times Book Review
The latest gripping psychological thriller from Edgar Award winner Alex Marwood
When a child goes missing at an opulent house party, it makes international news. But what really happened behind those closed doors?
Twelve years ago, Mila Jacksons three-year-old half-sister Coco disappeared during their fathers fiftieth birthday celebration, leaving behind her identical twin Ruby as the only witness. The girls father, Sean, was wealthy and influential, as were the friends gathered at their seaside vacation home for the weekends debauchery. The case ignited a media frenzy and forever changed the lives of everyone involved.
Now, Sean Jackson is dead, and the people who were present that terrible night must gather once more for a funeral that will reveal that the secrets of the past can never stay hidden. Perfectly paced all the way through its devastating conclusion, The Darkest Secret is one that fans of Gillian Flynn and Liane Moriarty wont be able to put down.
Genre: Mystery
A cruel and cunning mystery . . . Plot-twisting, mind-altering and monstrously funny. The New York Times Book Review
The latest gripping psychological thriller from Edgar Award winner Alex Marwood
When a child goes missing at an opulent house party, it makes international news. But what really happened behind those closed doors?
Twelve years ago, Mila Jacksons three-year-old half-sister Coco disappeared during their fathers fiftieth birthday celebration, leaving behind her identical twin Ruby as the only witness. The girls father, Sean, was wealthy and influential, as were the friends gathered at their seaside vacation home for the weekends debauchery. The case ignited a media frenzy and forever changed the lives of everyone involved.
Now, Sean Jackson is dead, and the people who were present that terrible night must gather once more for a funeral that will reveal that the secrets of the past can never stay hidden. Perfectly paced all the way through its devastating conclusion, The Darkest Secret is one that fans of Gillian Flynn and Liane Moriarty wont be able to put down.
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"If there has been a better mystery suspense story written in this decade, I can't think of it." - Stephen King
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