ISBN: 9780008497194
August 2022
About
He should have chosen me.
I never should have chosen him.
Lizzie has been in love with her colleague Dean for three years but he’s never given her a second glance.
When a job offer in London promises to launch her art career she finally feels ready to upend her life in pursuit of her dream … until the night of the office Christmas party when Dean confesses his love for someone else – Rebecca, one of Lizzie’s closest friends.
A few days later, the police show up on her doorstep.
Rebecca is missing.
After the Party is another mesmerising thriller of secrets and lies from the author of The Girl Upstairs.
My review.
Thank you to Net-galley for allowing me to read this author.
I was a little confused in the beginning which character was talking and what the main character’s name was as it wasn’t initially clear. However I soon got into this story and three quarters of the way through I was still wondering if a murder had been committed. I still am.
At times I thought Lizzie was going to get into hot water with her investigations and even to a point where I thought surely she can’t trust her neighbour she’s too nice, what is she hiding.
Her undying love for Dean never wavers though clearly it should.
You never hear much from her dad, her mum being the pivotal person in her life who seemingly acts irrationally several times throughout.
At 60% into the book, yes I was reading on a kindle, I couldn’t put it down, so keen to know where the missing character was and why still no murder. The story raced along but with no clear clues or motive it kept me gripped for hours whilst I tried to find out more.
The ending left me with more questions than answers, characters I didn’t expect to be instrumental to the missing character and Lizzie to my mind with the wrong person.
This book left me with unfinished endings which made a refreshing change to a story being neatly tied up.
I did actually enjoy this book once I got into it so for that reason I have given it 5 stars.
The ultimate question is “How far would you go to protect your family”.
