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Both Rose and Lucy would love nothing better than to embody Connie’s life. Connie isn’t just happily married. She also has two thriving kids even while pursuing a successful career. 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. This twisty thriller was engrossing and I was keen to see how the story would conclude. With a range of narrative perspectives, it was interesting to see how the disappearances and their investigations unfold. But I will say again the use of words, her ability to weave them together and talk to you and entice you with her writing prowess make all the minuses of this book acceptable and it it still for me
Set as the Pandemic is starting I did like how it was just referenced and had no bearing on the story but was there, just as part of the life the characters are living, like we all have been doing Adele Parks comes from Teesside in North-East England. That is where she was born in 1969. As a child of the 70s and 80s, Adele’s life was pretty ordinary. She watched way too much television, and her unhealthy diet left a lot to be desired. I have to be a little vague now to avoid giving spoilers . . . It’s the fallout from information discovered during the police investigation that I found most interesting. I felt Parks did a terrific job with the family dynamics in this book. What behaviours do people take on to play their designated role (wife, husband, parent, child) in their family? Who is keeping secrets? Who is keeping confidences? How does this impact individuals and the family unit when a member of the family disappears? And how do you adjust to the knowledge that you might not know those closest to you as much as you thought? Parks’ astute observations certainly provided food for thought. 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. Lucy isn’t happy. She was the perfect wife and mother. But Rose was the perfect mistress and she had the capacity to keep Peter happy in ways that escaped Lucy’s grasp.After pretending to "rescue" her from the room she was imprisoned in, Fiona brings Kaileigh to her beach house, gets her drunk and then shoves her off a cliff. Although that was a bit harsh, I didn't really care, because Kaileigh was a selfish twat who caused a lot of damage. Also it is unusual for the main character to die so I thought that was interesting. But after that there is just this abrupt end with a few lines about how Fiona had set Daan up to take the fall for Kaileigh's murder and plans to step into her shoes as Mrs. Mark. Same week, different world … Kai Janssen leaves her sexy, wealthy husband and their luxurious penthouse, and vanishes into thin air. And when her boys begin to need her less, it becomes clear to Rose that Lucy’s life is devoid of real purpose or passion.
When Adele isn’t creating fiction, she can be found contributing articles and short stories to magazines and newspapers. She can also be found on radio and television programs where she talks about her books and the issues that matter 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.Why did these women walk away from their families? And why did their husbands delay reporting their disappearances? First off this is impossible to say anything much about without giving it away ( I think ) so I wont be doing or even hinting at it what the book is about 😎 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 attributes her considerable visibility to her chatty persona. She is also fairly opinionated. As such, while many of her peers in the publishing arena would rather disappear behind a computer, Adele is out in public making her voice heard.
Woman Last Seen follows the disappearances of Kai Janssen and Leigh Fletcher. Kai has been married to Daan a wealthy businessman for a few years and they have no kids. It is not uncommon for them to be away from each other for multiple days each week what with his demanding job and Kai visiting/tending to her ill mother. Leigh and Mark have been married for ten years and she is the stepmother to his two sons from a previous marriage. Both women are reported missing by their husbands around the same time and DC Celements is called in to investigate both cases. Do these women know one another? Both are keeping secrets, could their disappearances be related? Were the husbands involved?
DC Clements interviews the husbands that reported their wives missing. She’s suspicious of both husbands’ involvements. Is the narrative that its always the husband true? What clues are left behind? Is there something that they aren’t telling her? Connect the dots and the truth will come home to roost. People took notice immediately. Some publications even set her apart as one of a few dozen faces to watch in the coming decade. And Adele Parks did not disappoint them, proceeding to sell millions of copies of her books and having many professionals in the industry describe her as one of the most beloved authors of women’s fiction in the United Kingdom. But in those days, parents paid little heed to the activities of their children. Adele eventually attended Leicester University where she studied English and Literature. Writing has been on the author’s mind for as long as she can remember. Kai marries a handsome and very wealthy businessman. Neither wants children. She lives a glamorous life…filled with entertaining and other meaningless tasks.
Adele Parks is the biz at writing stories, words reach and grab you and it all flows so brilliantly, so when it is not the best plot/probably even implausible you can forgive it as the writing keeps you fixed, without consideration of giving it up Both of You is quite a hard novel to review without giving too much away, but I'll do my best ... I'm a little of practice now. Detective Clements is assigned to the case when Mark turns Leigh in as a missing person. Detective Clements thinks that there may be nothing and the wife has simply taken a break until Detective Clements gets another case assigned to her too. A wealthy businessman has also reported his wife, Kai Janssen, missing and the two cases seem to be very tightly tied together. The Stranger in My Home’ is one of Adele Parks’ more popular novels. It tells the story of two girls who were switched at birth and the woman who must deal with the fallout. A man comes to Alison’s home and tells her that Katherine, her daughter, actually belongs to him.During her career Adele has lived in Italy, Botswana and London. Now she lives happily in Surrey, UK with her husband, son and cat. That includes themes of love, parenting, honesty, and family. People, regardless of the times they lived, struggle with the same problems. For that reason, Adele is certain in the ability of her books to appeal to the sensibilities of readers in a variety of age ranges. 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.
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