Item: One Last Secret
Rating: 4.00
Author: quirkycat

by Adele Parks

One Last Secret … would you kill to keep it?

‘Absolutely gripping’ Lisa Jewell
‘I’ll drop anything for a new Adele Parks’ Lucy Foley
‘Whip-smart protagonist, immensely satisfying’ Karin Slaughter
‘Parks gets better and better’ Gillian McAllister
‘Original and utterly compelling’ Peter James

One last client
A week at a beautiful French chateau should be an easy final job for Dora. She’s smart, stunning and discreet.
She only needs to convince the other guests that she’s Daniel’s girlfriend.

One last chance
One final, luxurious week and she can leave the dangerous, difficult escort world, because Dora has fallen in love and is ready to embrace a better future.

One last secret
But as the guests assemble, it becomes terrifyingly apparent that putting her past behind her is impossible. And one last secret could cost Dora everything, including her life…

From the Sunday Times Number One bestseller Adele Parks comes a blisteringly provocative novel about power, sex, money and revenge.

Praise for One Last Secret:

‘Absolutely gripping, this is revenge lit at its best’ Lisa Jewell

‘I’ll drop anything for a new Adele Parks: she nails it every time’ Lucy Foley

‘Perfection’ Daily Mail

‘A whip-smart protagonist, immensely satisfying twists and turns and powerful emotional undercurrents’ Karin Slaughter

‘An astonishing achievement, Parks gets better and better’ Gillian McAllister

‘A high-octane read’ Prima

‘Original and utterly compelling’ Peter James

‘Serves up the perfect dose of escapism laced with tension and darkness’ Cosmopolitan

‘Adele Parks is the queen of the domestic drama’ Sally Hepworth

‘Deliciously deceptive and darkly satisfying. I loved it’ Jane Fallon

‘Adele Parks goes fearlessly into worlds… She pulls it off every time’ Jane Corry

‘Tense’ Best

‘5*… This dark, twisted tale gets better with every page’ The Sun

‘‘Perfect pacing… a clever plot with several jaw-dropping twists and a protagonist you’ll find yourself rooting for…’ My Weekly

‘A sassy voice and – in true Parks style – a serpentine twist that comes back to bite you’ Saga

Book Summary:

Dora is a discreet and professional escort. Her specialty is tricking everyone into thinking she's the girlfriend – you know how it goes. But she's hoping to wrap up this part of her life, and she will do it with one final job.

Unfortunately, that final job is about to force Dora to confront her past and all the secrets she thought lay buried. As we all know, no secret will stay nice and quiet in the world of thrillers, not forever.

My Review:

One Last Secret is a solid and VERY twisty thriller. In short, if you're looking for a suspenseful novel with quite the experience, you've got to read this book. Granted, it's written by Adele Parks, so I always knew that it was going to pack a punch.

In my opinion, one of the best parts about One Last Secret is how carefully the scene is set. You know right away that something is going to go wrong. Anytime anyone utters the phrase "one last job," everything goes to hell, right? This time is no exception.

This book kept me on the edge of my seat. Every time I thought I had things figured out, another twist popped out and slapped me in the face. I love it when a book can surprise me, especially one as suspenseful as this!

Highlights:
Suspense
Crime
France
Lots of Twists

Thanks to MIRA and #NetGalley for making this book available for review. All opinions expressed are my own.

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One Last Secret

by Adele Parks

Reviewed by Quirky Cat on Jan 1, 2023

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