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What happens if one day both women just POOF…disappear? Who, if anyone will come searching for them? Will their lives unravel, revealing secrets no one could imagine?! Two women, vanish out of thin air and their husbands are left in this state of worry and confusion. Leigh Fletcher is married to Mark and has two children Seb and Oli. She disappears in the same week as Kai Janssen. Do the two cases connect? DC Clements investigates. Adele Parks tries to bring that same drama and complexity to her books. She isn’t too keen on producing contemporary romance novels filled with desperate women engaging in catty exchanges. Just as Police Detective Clements is called in to search for Leigh, although she believes Leigh either decided she needed a break from her family or wanted to upset her husband, the other call comes in about another missing woman, and that is Kai Janssen. Even though the women are so unalike, Detective Clements can’t seem to stop thinking the two cases are somehow connected.
Rose doesn’t think much of Lucy. The devoted single mother spends so much of her time and energy planning meals, sewing school uniforms and supervising extracurricular activities that she has no life of her own. With her university days behind her, she eventually went into advertising and then management consultation. But writing was never far from her thoughts. And she eventually achieved her dreams of becoming a published author in 2000 when her first novel, Playing Away, hit the bookshelves. Though without giving any spoilers, the ending did annoy me and I would have liked an epilogue set 6 months later to find out how it all worked out.Woman Last Seen by Adele Parks was a little different to a lot of missing person novels by letting the reader have a point of view from the missing woman which gave a tense edge to the story. The novel also has a few twists and turns to make it stand out and keep a reader on the edge as the story unfolds. The ending was a tad over the top but quite honestly I completely enjoyed that it was and it felt to me like the perfect fit for an unusual missing person case. Definitely an author to watch out for in the future. I do like it when a mystery surprises me, and WOMAN LAST SEEN by Adele Parks did that, although not in a manner I would have expected. Same week, different world … Kai Janssen leaves her sexy, wealthy husband and their luxurious penthouse, and vanishes into thin air. Both of You investigates the disappearance of two women in the same week. Leigh Fletcher is a married woman with an average life but a demanding job. She’s step-mum to two teenage boys that she dotes on. She has more than an awkward relationship with her mother, there is a toxicity pulsing off her and you wonder just how Leigh copes with her comments and demands. We see just how her relationship with her husband Mark begins, the instant attraction, the love felt for the boys. It’s how I imagine a lot of marriages are… but what’s that I can see, a creeping shadow that isn’t quite revealing itself.
This was my first Adele Parks books. I enjoyed reading it and will look out for more of her titles. During her career Adele has lived in Italy, Botswana and London. Now she lives happily in Surrey, UK
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The elements that were actually thrilling were when you're able to predict what's going to happen next. I was kept guessing the whole way through. I love those books where you decide what the deal is and then realise that it can't possibly be and then you end up having to question your entire life. Kai Janssen is married to Daan, a wealthy Dutch businessman. Before Kai went missing, she lived in a luxurious penthouse and allegedly had a perfect life. The story is told from multiple POVs of Leigh, Kai, DC Clements, the husbands, and Leigh's best friend. The pacing is fast. I finished the book in a day. Why the 2 stars? I can't give too much away without spoiling the book but, the constant monologues from the missing women were exhausting and repetitive. Most of the characters were unlikeable to one extent or another. The book could have been much shorter. The ending.....open-ended, abrupt, and blah. Both of You is the perfect novel for me to recommence book blogging with, after all as any regular/previous readers of my blog will know, Adele Parks is my absolute favourite author.
What are the odds that the stranger sitting next to you on a plane is destined to change your life?It's a whole elaborate hullabloo (and frankly not believable) how she has managed to pull off this double life for several years, but the upshot is that her deception is discovered. She finds herself chained to a radiator in an empty room being starved, beaten, and tormented by typewritten notes slipped under the door calling her out for her duplicitous life. Which one of her husbands is doing this to her?
The author’s childhood home was a matriarchy that presented her many opportunities to interact with much older women, not to mention listening in on their stories as they raised up, supported and tore one another down for various reasons. Alison has nothing to complain about. Her life is charmed. Her home is a happy place, made so by her husband Jeff and their brilliant daughter Katherine. Alison’s life revolves around Katherine.I thought so many times I knew who had her, then something else would happen and I'd change my mind. Good read that keeps you on your toes.
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