{"product_id":"the-darkest-secret-9780751550719","title":"The Darkest Secret","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e''If there has been a better mystery suspense story written in this decade, I can''t think of it''\u003c\/b\u003e STEPHEN KING\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eApologies for the general email, but I desperately need your help.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy goddaughter, Coco Jackson, disappeared from her family''s holiday home in Bournemouth on the night of Sunday\/Monday August 29\/30th, the bank holiday weekend just gone. Coco is three years old.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen identical twin Coco goes missing during a family celebration, there is a media frenzy. Her parents are rich and influential, as are the friends they were with at their holiday home by the sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut what really happened to Coco?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver two intense weekends - the first when Coco goes missing and the second twelve years later at the funeral of her father - the darkest of secrets will gradually be revealed...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaut, emotive and utterly compelling, THE DARKEST SECRET is an unputdownable ''ripped\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf there has been a better mystery suspense story written in this decade, I can't think of it\u003c\/b\u003e * Stephen King *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003egenuinely shocking thriller where nothing is what it seems\u003c\/b\u003e. So good I wish I'd written it myself. * Val McDermid, Sunday Times Number 1 Bestseller *\u003cbr\u003eA taut, white-knuckle, \u003cb\u003eone-sitting kind of read\u003c\/b\u003e that will have you guessing and \u003cb\u003egasping out loud\u003c\/b\u003e, right to the very last page. * Sarra Manning, Red *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA chilling thriller\u003c\/b\u003e with a deftly woven plot: this is Marwood's best yet. * Clare Mackintosh, Number 1 Kindle Bestseller *\u003cbr\u003eOh my god, it is SO good. \u003cb\u003eA work of genius\u003c\/b\u003e. I'm in awe * Mark Edwards, Number 1 Kindle Bestseller *\u003cbr\u003eAlex Marwood's \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Secret\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea feast of a novel\u003c\/b\u003e, a modern Greek tragedy with believable characters, \u003cb\u003ea heart stopping plot and a brilliant triple jump of an ending that left me clutching the book\u003c\/b\u003e. I haven't read anything so satisfying in a long time. I loved \u003ci\u003eThe Wicked Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, but this is even better. * Jenny Eclair *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith the psychological acuity of Kate Atkinson \u003c\/b\u003eand a dark wit all her own, Alex Marwood draws us into \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Secret\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003cb\u003eutter narrative cunning, then surprises with its emotional wallop,\u003c\/b\u003e its deeper resonances. In so doing, she demonstrates, without a doubt, that she is \u003cb\u003eone of crime fiction's brightest stars.\u003c\/b\u003e Not to be missed. * Megan Abbott *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimply tremendous\u003c\/b\u003e, so tense and packed with pathos. I loved every page of it. * Sarah Hilary *\u003cbr\u003eI made the mistake of thinking I could read a couple of pages and then spend the weekend writing. Well, that was not the case. A few pages was not enough, in fact, nothing was enough until I had finished it. I think it is \u003cb\u003etaut storytelling at its best\u003c\/b\u003e and by the end \u003cb\u003eI was breathless\u003c\/b\u003e. I actually didn't realise \u003cb\u003eI was holding my breath until I turned that very last page\u003c\/b\u003e. * Angela Marsons, Number 1 Kindle Bestseller *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003etaut, claustrophobic\u003c\/b\u003e look into toxic relationships and family secrets. \u003cb\u003eI couldn't put it down\u003c\/b\u003e as more and more layers were revealed, with suspense and intrigue creating \u003cb\u003ea tense and satisfying read\u003c\/b\u003e. * Mel Sherratt *\u003cbr\u003eThose of us who admire Alex Marwood's writing know her for \u003cb\u003edevious plotting, skillful manipulation of suspense\u003c\/b\u003e, and an ability to add the bleakly comic to what others would leave merely bleak. In \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Secret\u003c\/i\u003e she gives us even more, with some \u003cb\u003egenuinely beautiful writing\u003c\/b\u003e about grief and loss, adding a real poignancy to the twists of the story, creating\u003cb\u003ea crime novel that is also heartbreakingly human\u003c\/b\u003e. * Stella Duffy *\u003cbr\u003eI \u003cb\u003ecancel all engagements and turn off my phone\u003c\/b\u003e for a new Alex Marwood book. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Secret\u003c\/i\u003e is her best yet.\u003c\/b\u003e * Erin Kelly *\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Secret\u003c\/i\u003e Alex Marwood has created \u003cb\u003ea masterful thriller\u003c\/b\u003e and a cast of the most deliciously vile and compelling characters I have encountered. It's \u003cb\u003ea novel that stands out from the crowd\u003c\/b\u003e. * Colette McBeth *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Secret\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003espine tingling and terrifying\u003c\/b\u003e, a beautifully written tale of obsessive love. * Lisa Jewell *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Secret\u003c\/i\u003e by Alex Marwood is \u003cb\u003esuch a good book! It's involving and intelligent;\u003c\/b\u003e a mystery revealed from multiple viewpoints. I'm sure it will be \u003cb\u003ea huge hit\u003c\/b\u003e. * Helen Smith *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI read the book in one weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it\u003c\/b\u003e. It's ghoulishly page-turning and I loved Alex's ability to create characters that are addictively vile. As a reader you feel afterwards like washing your hands as though they're blood-stained! * Cath Weeks *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Secret\u003c\/i\u003e left me reeling. This book is \u003cb\u003ean absolute TRIUMPH\u003c\/b\u003e! * Rebecca Griffiths *\u003cbr\u003eAlex Marwood goes from strength to strength. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Secret\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis domestic noir at its finest\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eEven more twisty than \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGone Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, this novel is dynamite\u003c\/b\u003e, exploding the heart of family secrets with shocking results. * Ruth Dugdall *\u003cbr\u003eAt turns \u003cb\u003esuspenseful, chilling and deeply, unexpectedly moving\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Secret\u003c\/i\u003e is a true tour de force. Alex Marwood's richly detailed, heartbreakingly human characters will stay with you long after the book's shocking conclusion. I loved it. * Alison Gaylin *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautifully written, masterfully structured\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Secret\u003c\/i\u003e gently takes hold of you from the very first page then steadily squeezes until you finally close the book and realise that you haven't been breathing for the last hundred pages or so. \u003cb\u003eI doubt you'll read a better book all year, it's that good.\u003c\/b\u003e * Simon Toyne *\u003cbr\u003eYou know when you read a really good book and you can't wait to tell everyone about it? That's how we feel about Alex Marwood's \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Secret. \u003c\/i\u003e(A) \u003cb\u003egripping thriller\u003c\/b\u003e * Reveal *\u003cbr\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Secret, \u003c\/i\u003eAlex Marwood has become \u003cb\u003eone of my must-read crime writers\u003c\/b\u003e. It's \u003cb\u003ean amazingly gripping book\u003c\/b\u003e, and the structure is a thing of beauty * Sophie Hannah *\u003cbr\u003eAlex's greatest strength is her characters. They're people we know; people we love, people we hate. It's all there, life on a page * Kerry Wilkinson *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDark, twisted and compelling\u003c\/b\u003e, Marwood has impressed again * The Sun *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Darkest Secret\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003eAlex Marwood's best book yet\u003c\/b\u003e - no small thing when one considers that her first two crime novels were both award winners. Her plots are always top-notch - deft, twisty - but it's the humanity she grants all her characters that makes her one of our best. \u003cb\u003eThis story will grip you to the final page\u003c\/b\u003e, but Milly and her troubled family may never leave you * Laura Lippman *\u003cbr\u003eRead The Darkest Secret, by Alex Marwood \u003cb\u003e- unputdownable \u003c\/b\u003egrip-lit * India Knight *\u003cbr\u003eWow. 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