Two dead wives

Title:

Two dead wives

Author:

Summary:

A woman with a shocking secret is missing, presumed dead. And her two husbands are suspects in her murder. DCI Clements knows the dark side of human nature and that love can make people do treacherous things... Until a body is found, this sad case remains wide open. Stacie Jones lives a quiet life in a small village, nursed by her father as she recovers from illness, and shielded from any news of the outside world. But their reclusive life is about to be shattered. How are these families linked, and can any of them ever rebuild their lives in the wake of tragedy? -- Provided by publisher.

General Note:

"Love is just a shiver away from hate" -- Cover.

Physical Description:

371 pages ; 24 cm

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Psychological fiction.

Subject Term:

Missing persons -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Husband and wife -- Fiction.

Secrecy -- Fiction.

Families -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Mira,

Publication Date:

2023

ISBN:

9780778305293

Publication Information:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Mira, [2023]

Call Number:

PARKS

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
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33607003697276	New Adult Fiction	PARKS Adele	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

"Absolutely gripping, this is revenge lit at its best. Provocative and compelling. I was left breathless at the final twist." --Lisa Jewell, author of The Family Remains

Lost. Missing. Murdered? How do you find a woman who didn't exist?

It's a case that has gripped a nation: A woman with a shocking secret is missing, presumed dead. And her two husbands are suspects in her murder.

DCI Clements knows the dark side of human nature and that love can make people do treacherous things. You can't presume anything when it comes to crimes of the heart. Until a body is found, this scandalous and sad case remains wide open.

Stacie Jones lives a quiet life in a small village, nursed by her father as she recovers from illness, and shielded from any news of the outside world. But their reclusive life is about to be shattered.

How are these families linked, and can any of them ever rebuild their lives in the wake of tragedy?

This explosive thriller from international bestseller Adele Parks examines what it is to be a family and the dangerous lengths that people will go to for those they love.

Look for these other pulse-pounding thrillers by bestselling author Adele Parks:

I Invited Her In Lies Lies Lies Just My Luck Woman Last Seen

Author Notes

"Playing Away" is Adele Parks's first novel. She has been named by London's "Evening Standard" as one of the twenty faces to watch in the new millennium. She is married & lives in London.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Bestseller Parks follows up 2022's Woman Last Seen with an intriguing, multilayered suspense tale set in London during the height of Covid-19 lockdowns. Leigh Fletcher, doting wife to Mark and mother to the couple's two sons, has gone missing. While investigating the disappearance, Det. Insp. Clements discovers that Leigh, using the pseudonym Kai, is also married to wealthy Dutch businessman Daan Janssen. Both husbands become prime suspects in Leigh/Kai's disappearance; though no body has been found, Clements considers that "both a problem and a tremulous, tantalizing possibility." Meanwhile, Stacie Jones is recovering at her father's farmhouse in rural England from a devastating illness that has left her with severe memory loss. She struggles to remember who she is and how she arrived there. The rather outlandish plot glides by as readers are drawn into the lives of Parks's complex, finely drawn characters, whose viewpoints she smoothly shifts between while dropping subtle hints about how the two main plot threads connect. It makes for fast and enjoyable reading. (Dec.)