Charlotte waves at her mother across the crowded lawn. Little red boots on, cowboy hat crooked over her blonde pigtails, she’s been looking forward to this party for weeks. Moments later, she disappears without a trace…
Kathy Hamilton drives away from her sister-in-law’s pristine-white suburban house in Maple Falls certain she’s left her daughter in safe hands. On the hottest day of the year, a birthday is the perfect excuse to gather friends, family and neighbors around the pool for a barbecue. But when she returns hours later to find her little girl has vanished, her world shatters.
Nobody laughing and drinking in the garden that day saw anything unusual.
Kathy’s eldest daughter is anxious and hardly eating. Is she sick with worry for her sister, or hiding a terrible secret?
The phone rings and rings, but why can’t Kathy get hold of the babysitter?
And is she imagining it, or when her husband rushed from work to join the search, was he wearing a different shirt to the one she saw him leave the house in that morning?
As the temperature rises, and long-buried secrets begin to surface, it’s clear that even the most perfect families keep devastating secrets. But in a town as small as this, is there anyone you can trust?
A totally gripping and utterly addictive page-turner that will have you racing through and reeling at the twists. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Gone Girl and Teresa Driscoll, it will keep you up reading all night long!
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Her first novel (The Girl Who Died) was longlisted for the Mslexia Novel Competition. Since then she has written two crime series - one follows Officer Dean Matheson on his quest to make detective, and the other is her current series which follows Detective Madison Harper as she tries to reclaim her life after spending six years in prison for a murder she didn't commit.
As well as crime novels Wendy also has short stories published in various anthologies in the UK and the US, and she has been shortlisted and longlisted for various writing competitions.
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The Birthday Party
Written By
Wendy Dranfield
Review By
Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews
First, I want to thank Wendy Dranfield, Bookouture and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review.
O.M.G!! 2022 started off with a bang with Wendy Dranfield’s totally addictive, mind blowing, edge of your seat, intense, deep, emotional, twisted, dark, nail biting, 5 star must read psychological thriller The Birthday Party!! You have not read a missing child case quite like this one before! Go out and grab your copy today-you will be glad you did!! I absolutely fell in love with this book! My favorite Wendy has written so far!
I loved the cute cover for The Birthday Party! Kudos to the graphic designers for creating it. However, don't let the title or the graphics fool you-this is not an easy read by any means! Wendy addresses some very important but sensitive topics in this book that may trigger some readers.
Wendy clearly demonstrates in this book that she is one creative storyteller! I would love to pick her brian and find out where inspiration for this wild storyline came from. It was just so fast paced and if you blinked you missed a specific detail that was so important! There were times I went back to reread parts! It was just an awesome read.
One monumental theme in The Birthday Party is family and more importantly the dynamic of families.
Ohh there were so many emotionally driven scenes in this book that my heart just broke for the characters. I will admit at times I did tear up. I don’t know if I would have handled any of the situations that they were put in. Wendy wrote so many strong characters into these storylines.
The twists and turns were wicked in this book and there were bombshells that went off left and right! For once in my life I was left with no words!!
Wendy, your book has to be made into a NetFlix Series!! It is so good!!!
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