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Alison has had to fight in the past to get what she wants, she is no stranger to the concept, she is just a little out of practice, but her motherly instinct tells her that she needs to protect Katherine, no matter what the consequences. I have always been an Adele Parks fan. She's influenced my own writing, my character, themes. So when I bought her latest offering, I expected her usual brand of sharp, but light hearted women's fiction. It was immediately obvious that this was something very different. The longer Caro stays in her isolated childhood home,the more memories that she has buried for a very long time start to reemerge and she starts seeing and hearing frightening images and sounds.Sounds like the noise that the mysterious and sinister pear drum used to make when Elizabeth used it to terrorise Caro when she was a young girl. Is Caro losing her mind or is she being tormented by a unknown enemy. Does her sister Steph really want to make up for events that happened in the past? Can she really trust handsome neighbour Craig who conveniently appeared and helped her when she had a unpleasant encounter with Angus McCready? Could it be Angus or any of the other people who live in the village and treat Caro with contempt whenever they saw her. Or could her new American friend Mary Beth not be the kind,caring person she appears to be? The story is completely mesmerising, and the ending heartbreakingly epic. Adele has created a cast of characters that completely cover the moral spectrum. The State We're In is a superb triumph * We Love This Book *
Aspen socialite Nancy Pfister has it all, including close friends and even closer enemies. 2. Murder in AspenAlong with the house, comes a number of outbuildings and an attached cottage with a sitting tenant, Craig, with whom she forms more than just a casual friendship. After the death of the stepmother Elizabeth, Caro comes to stay at her home in Derbyshire wanting to start a new life. But soon things start to happen, her visions become real, the noises in the house trigger her paronia. The people of the village are mean and rude, some downright threatening. Till the neighbor Craig comes to her help like a knight in shining armor. Her long lost sister Steph too wants to mend fences. I love Adele Parks, her books often make me cry. You should try The State We Are In. It was such a good book. I haven’t heard of this one, but then I haven’t read all her books. One to add to the Christmas list.
A 50-year-old man invites a 22-year-old woman into his home, and then goes missing. Why? 3. Death of Youth You MUST discover this absolute gem of a novel for yourself... It had me truly gripped from start to finish * The Welsh Librarian * I enjoyed this book so much! I love books that go deep in family dysfunction. I love seeing all sides to the story, although this one took a while to reveal what was really going on. The story opens at the funeral for Caro and Stephanie's stepmother. After the funeral, the estate needs to be settled and Caro needs a place to live so she goes to the house to sort through things. It becomes obvious almost immediately that the people in the small town her stepmother lived in do not think much of Caro. The only person that shows any kindness to Caro is the man living in the cottage on the land her stepmother's home is on, Craig. I discovered The Stranger In My Home by accident, and I have to say, I’m so pleased I did. I’ve heard a lot of good things about Adele Parks, but this is the first of her books I’ve read, and I’m sure it won’t be the last.The notion of Caro returning to her childhood home in Derbyshire after her stepmother dies unexpectedly is also a great hook, especially as Caro starts to uncover memories of why she didn't practically enjoy growing up there.
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