This trip was meant to save our marriage. Instead it will destroy everything…
To celebrate my special birthday, my husband and I have returned to the beautiful Greek island village where we spent our honeymoon. As the boat pulls in to the harbour, I feel hope rise in my heart. The white houses, the blue doors, the brilliant turquoise of the sea, are just as I remember. If two weeks in this paradise won’t fix our marriage, nothing will.
But then the next day a boat arrives, full of my friends and family. My grown-up children jump on to the shore, grinning and holding balloons. My husband beams at me and says, “Surprise!”
I can’t believe it. It was meant to be just the two of us. This was my chance to confess what I’ve been hiding for years, the truth that will change everything.
Now I’m surrounded by all the people I’ve been desperate to escape, all the secrets I’ve been pretending I don’t know. I force a smile on to my face, but inside I want to kill my husband.
But even after my party ended in disaster, I didn’t expect anyone to die…
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Review
When someone organises a surprise party for you, it means they love you, because they want to make that day special for you. Or it should be like that anyway. What if you don’t like surprise parties because you have a different agenda or what if the party, which should be a joyous occasion, result in a disaster.
It seems like what should be a fun trip for the whole group to celebrate a milestone in Eve’s life, turns out to break lots of hears and create a waterfall of tears.
Then the culprit is found of course, but is this the right person they put the blame on or is there something a lot more sinister going on?
I liked the premise. A sunny island in Greece, a group of family and friends and a party. The perfect spot to confess, wipe the slate clean and start from zero. The question though is are new beginnings always good or are they the start of tears and heartbreak?
A good story with an outcome that somewhere played a bit on my mind, but on the other hand was not exactly what I thought would have happened. It was lot lot better than what I thought would we revealed which is always a very good thing. 5 stars
Thank you
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About the author
Julia started off as a theatre director and playwright. While her children were growing up, she swerved into graphic design. After writing and illustrating two children’s books for an MA, she discovered that her great love was writing prose. The picture books were deemed too dark for publication, so, to save the children, she turned instead to writing for adults. Her first book, Cuckoo, was published in 2011, and she has been writing what she calls her Domestic Noir novels ever since. She also writes for TV and teaches on the Crime Writing MA at the University of East Anglia. She has three grown up children and lives in Brighton with her husband and two cats, Keith and Sandra.
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Author Links
Website: http://juliacrouch.co.uk/
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Book Link
https://geni.us/B0CW1BN59Wsocial
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