The Darkest Secret, Alex Marwood
The Darkest Secret, Alex Marwood
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The Darkest Secret
A Novel

Author: Alex Marwood

Narrator: Beverley A. Crick

Unabridged: 12 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/30/2016

Synopsis

Real estate mogul Sean Jackson is throwing himself a splashy fiftieth birthday party, but trouble starts almost immediately: His ex-wife has sent his teenage daughters to the party without telling him; his current wife has fired the nanny; and he's finding it difficult to sneak away to his mistress. Then something truly terrible happens: one of his three-year-old twins goes missing. No trace of her is ever found. The attendees of the party, nicknamed the Jackson Associates by the press, become infamous overnight.

Twelve years later, Sean is dead. The Jackson Associates assemble for the funeral, together for the first time since that fateful weekend. Soon the barbed comments and accusations are flying. By the end of the weekend, one will be dead. And one of Sean's daughters will make a shocking discovery.

About Alex Marwood

Alex Marwood is the pseudonym of a journalist who has worked extensively across the British press. Her first novel, The Wicked Girls, won the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original, and was nominated for the Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel and the Anthony and ITW Awards for Best Paperback Original. The Killer Next Door, her second novel, won a Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel, was nominated for the Anthony and Barry, and has been optioned for film by James Franco and Ahna O'Reilly. Alex lives in south London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deanna on January 07, 2016

This is the first book by Alex Marwood that I have read. After reading the book blurb I thought it would be one I would really enjoy. ***Possibly some minor spoilers*** The book starts off with an email regarding three year old Coco's disappearance. Her godmother sent it out to spread the word about m......more

Goodreads review by Liz on November 14, 2015

Blimey talk about a book that rips your heart out then stomps all over it, The Darkest Secret is an intense and engaging character drama focusing on a, to be honest, quite horrible set of people – a fractured family and their fractured friends, a more selfish and self absorbed bunch you’d be hard pr......more

Goodreads review by Paul on December 23, 2015

The Darkest Secret by Alex Marwood starts off with witness statements about a young girl missing, presumed kidnapped. We then go to the events surrounding the girl’s disappearance and the Fathers 50th birthday weekend celebration. The past timeline is interspersed with the present where the Father o......more

Goodreads review by Jules on December 27, 2015

I found the plot intriguing, but didn’t really manage to get into this story. I loved the very beginning with the witness statements, but then I felt the story got a little confusing, taking more concentration than normal to keep track of the characters and what was going on. There are a number of ch......more

Goodreads review by Angela on November 23, 2015

So, I was lucky enough to get an early copy of The Darkest Secret by Alex Marwood and I devoured every single page. I was only going to take a peek and then get some work done. Well, the work never got done. It is a taut story with expertly drawn characters that you get to know very quickly. The pac......more

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