Her Perfect Family

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These snapshots provide subtle clues about the present circumstances and I loved being able to piece it all together. It helped me empathise with all the students who had their ceremony ruined and the others subsequently cancelled. After all, Emma’s a kindred spirit—someone Sophie was sure she could bare her soul to, despite the village rumours. It centers on Rachel and Ed, who see their daughter Gemma get shot right in front of them on her graduation day.

I liked both Gemma and Ed’s chapters but found Rachel’s chapters at the hospital a bit repetitive at times. Gemma Ballantine is getting ready for work one morning when her eldest child comes running down the stairs, saying the words every mother dreads.A young woman at graduation is shot, and they have to figure out who did it, but everyone has secrets it seems.

When Ella Longfield overhears two attractive young men flirting with teenage girls on a train, she thinks nothing of it—until she realises they are fresh out of prison and her maternal instinct is put on high alert. This twisty, addictively page-turning suspense novel about a perfect family’s perfect façade will keep you turning pages until its explosive ending. This grossly oversimplified understanding has created many complexities in our lives and taken away from us the very fundamentals of the joy of living.The book is written from several points of view — the mother, the private investigator (PI Matthew Hill is my personal favourite and DI Melanie Sanders), the father, the daughter, all with their own stories to tell. As DI Mel Sanders and Matthew Hill investigate, secrets that Ed and Rachel have held to themselves regarding past relationships tumble out and it is unclear if that has anything to do with the shooting of their daughter. As the disturbing events at Owl Cottage seep out into the local community and the police become involved, Hannah turns to Sam for help, but when he dismisses her worries, she wonders if she was wrong to ever trust him.

Postage charges vary according to the weight of your items and the destination country, and are calculated at the checkout.During her long career as a journalist, Teresa worked for newspapers, magazines and television, including 15 years presenting the BBC TV news programme Spotlight.