I think readers who aren’t sick of this plot line may like this book especially if they can relate to being a mother of young children. Yet Charlotte is the only one who can help her untangle this scenario. Her One Mistake by Heidi Perks is a 2019 Gallery Books publication.

In a way, I am tired of stories about women with secrets and women who are sneaky and manipulative. 5/5: A parents worst nightmare as your only child goes missing and a best friends worst heartache! ( Log Out /  Hesitantly, she agrees to let her friend Charlotte take Alice (along with Charlotte’s three children) to a school fair. Of course, as the title suggests, Charlotte briefly looks at her phone for a second at the fair and little Alice disappears.

Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Then poor Harriet, not knowing where her little girl is destroys her and I felt just as bad for her as I did for Charlotte. With Harriet, Peggy meets Charlie.

This absolutely brilliant thriller is the story of the unlikely friendship between two women.There's Charlotte,divorced mother of three children,lovely house,no money worries,popular and friends with many of the mother's who meet up everyday to have a good gossip in the school playground.Then there's Harriet,married to Brian,mother of four year old Alice,lives in a drab,depressing little house,has no friends and always seems nervous and on edge.Against the odds and to the utter astonishment of C. This absolutely brilliant thriller is the story of the unlikely friendship between two women.There's Charlotte,divorced mother of three children,lovely house,no money worries,popular and friends with many of the mother's who meet up everyday to have a good gossip in the school playground.Then there's Harriet,married to Brian,mother of four year old Alice,lives in a drab,depressing little house,has no friends and always seems nervous and on edge.Against the odds and to the utter astonishment of Charlotte`s other friends,Charlotte and Harriet strike up a close friendship,sharing secrets about their past and present lives.Then one hot summer's day,Charlotte takes her children and Alice to the school fete where the unthinkable happens, Charlotte gets distracted by her phone,she loses sight of the children and Alice vanishes,without a trace.During the ensuing police investigation it soon becomes clear that all is not what it seems.Both the women have secrets and will go to any lengths to keep them from being uncovered.

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She understands kids can take off in a split second, yet Charlotte doesn't believe Alice ran away.

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It’s one of my biggest fears as a parent, yet it always grabs my attention and this one more than grabbed my attention, it consumed me, I seriously could not put it down! I knew from reading so many of these books recently that one or more of the adult characters in the book is lying and hiding something. But soon after arriving at the fair, Alice is missing and life changes forever for Charlotte and Harriet. Horrendous right? Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. I did not see this one coming.

Imagining that scenario playing out over days or weeks is like staring into a chasm — horrifying, but somehow addictive.

The author has given this a bit of a twist though with it being a friend taking care of the little girl when she goes missing. Now, more isolated than ever and struggling to keep her marriage afloat, Harriet believes nothing and no one. While Peggy is trying to pawn the ring Charlie attacks Harriet, who takes a knife from a table and kills him. Charlotte was more than happy to watch her friend Harriet's four year old daughter, the first time that Harriet had ever been away from her daughter more than a few hours.

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The rest of the book tells the backstories of Charlotte and Harriet, their social circle, about their husbands and their lives and the police investigation into what happened to Alice.

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Alice and Charlotte's two oldest children rush off to play on the Jungle Run leaving Charlotte alone with Evie, her youngest.

Buy on Amazon. But when her three kids are all safe and sound at the school fair, and Alice, her best friend Harriet’s daughter, is nowhere to be found, Charlotte panics. We promise not to spam you.

Harriet decides to take a bookkeeping class, though she does not mention it to her husband for he would disapprove. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! I still think that this one is worth your time, particularly for a beach trip or a time when you need more of a diversion than a life-changing experience.

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As Tom, Nathan defrauded Beth and her mother for a lot of money. He takes it.

Could it live up to the high standard of the first one? Charlotte, her three children, and Harriet's daughter Alice, had a fun day at a school fair to enjoy.

Unfortunately, I did not feel any connection to any of the characters and the wording at times was awkward and took me out of the flow of the story.

Excellent review, I look forward to reading this one!

Can she trust her friend after she slandered her for not taking better care of Alice? You pull out your phone, scroll through Facebook , and when you look up again - NOW YOU DON'T. January 8th 2019 Taglines

Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Synopsis submission guide. ISBN-13: 9781501194221 Summary What should have been a fun-filled, carefree day takes a tragic turn for the worse for one mother when her best friend’s child goes missing in this "seriously page-turning" (author, Lisa Jewell), suspenseful, and darkly twisted psychological thriller.

She went around the back of the inflatable and never came off it. The past and present are intertwined, which is a bit disconcerting as it offers the voices of both protagonists, yet in the scheme of things, everything blends well together. However, knowing all the circumstances, he reports to headquarters that a detective stabbed Charlie while Charlie was trying to escape. Change ).

Many time she tries to talk Harriet into giving up her obsessive hold over five-year-old daughter Alice by offering to watch her or let her come over to play with her children.

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