The Leaving Party by Lesley Sanderson
"Someone knows my secret. They’re in my home, they're at my party, and they’re making me pay for it."
"Someone knows my secret. They’re in my home, they're at my party, and they’re making me pay for it."
Ava has received a black rose on an anniversary each year. We don’t know what happened
other than an accident. She is about to leave and begin a new life in New York with her
fiance Ben - the engagement being something she hasn’t told Lena about yet. Again on
the mat sits the box that holds another black rose. She doesn’t know who the sender is.
She just has to get through her leaving party and a meal the following evening then she
can escape. Alternate chapters take us back to 2205 with Ava, Lena, Gareth and other
friends- and how their relationships developed- or not. The current chapters are told
from either Lena or Ava’s point of view, each with their own secrets. A tension is built
between the pages. Who is sending the roses and why.? There are several suspects
and I kept alternating who I thought it was. I liked the concept however for me there
wasn’t quite enough tension/umph, something was unfortunately slightly lacking.
An enjoyable read however- just could do with a little more suspense.
One to build on.
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Every year on the same day, on the anniversary, I receive a single black rose. Thirteen years of dark petals, jagged thorns, dredging up memories I’ve tried to forget…
I’ve packed up my life. All my belongings are carefully sealed in labelled boxes, my suitcases ready for my big move. I’m just days away from a new life abroad with my boyfriend, Ben.
No one knows the real reason I’m desperate to leave.
My best friend, Lena, is throwing me a leaving party. A celebration, to say goodbye. Champagne to toast my farewell. Speeches, full of fond memories.
No one knows what I’m running from.
Then another black rose appears, dragging up thirteen years of buried memories. My passport goes missing. The very people I am trying to escape from turn up to our house.
Someone knows what I did.
This party was meant to be the first night of the rest of my life – but now I don’t know if I’ll see tomorrow.
Someone knows my secret. They’re in my home, at my party, and they’re making me pay for it.
Psychological thrillers don’t get more addictive or gasp-worthy than this! Fans of K.L. Slater, The Girl on the Train and The Wife Between Us will love this unputdownable page-turner.
I’ve packed up my life. All my belongings are carefully sealed in labelled boxes, my suitcases ready for my big move. I’m just days away from a new life abroad with my boyfriend, Ben.
No one knows the real reason I’m desperate to leave.
My best friend, Lena, is throwing me a leaving party. A celebration, to say goodbye. Champagne to toast my farewell. Speeches, full of fond memories.
No one knows what I’m running from.
Then another black rose appears, dragging up thirteen years of buried memories. My passport goes missing. The very people I am trying to escape from turn up to our house.
Someone knows what I did.
This party was meant to be the first night of the rest of my life – but now I don’t know if I’ll see tomorrow.
Someone knows my secret. They’re in my home, at my party, and they’re making me pay for it.
Psychological thrillers don’t get more addictive or gasp-worthy than this! Fans of K.L. Slater, The Girl on the Train and The Wife Between Us will love this unputdownable page-turner.
Author Bio:
Lesley spends her days writing in coffee shops in Kings Cross where she lives and also works as a librarian in a multicultural school. She has lived and worked in Paris and speaks four languages. She attended the Curtis Brown Creative novel writing course in 2015/6, and in 2017 was shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish fiction prize. Lesley discovered Patricia Highsmith as a teenager and has since been hooked on psychological thrillers. She is particularly interested in the psychology of female relationships.
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