Release date - 13th July 2017
Book length - 319 pages Publisher - www.penguinrandomhouse.co.uk/publishers/michael-joseph/ Book Depository - www.bookdepository.com Amazon UK - www.amazon.co.uk Amazon US - www.amazon.com ABOUT THE BOOK From the present day . . . Applecote Manor captivates Jessie with it promise of hazy summers in the Cotswolds. She believes it's the perfect escape for her troubled family. But the house has an unsettling history, and strange rumours surround the estate. to the fifties . . . When teenage Margot and her three sisters arrive at Applecote during the heatwave of '59, they find their aunt and uncle still reeling from the disappearance of their daughter Audrey five years before. The sisters are drawn into the mystery of Audrey's vanishing - until the stifling summer takes a shocking, deadly turn. Will one unthinkable choice bind them together, or tear them apart? Step back in time for a richly evocative mystery, where the beauty of a Cotswolds summer is vividly contrasted with the violence which shatters it. MY REVIEW Evocative, beautiful, and heartbreaking are just some of the words that I would use to describe this breathtaking novel but even they do not do it the justice it requires. In the present day, we meet Jessie and her husband Will, whom she adores, her little girl Romy, and her angry step-daughter Bella. Determined to find happiness together as a family, Jessie is convinced that a fresh start in the countryside will help Bella overcome her resentment and accept Jessie and Romy as part of her life. So when she crosses the threshold of Applecote Manor, she is instantly captivated by all it has to offer, and desperately hopes that it will work its magic on Bella who is clinging to her old life when her mother was alive. But something lingers in the old rooms of this old house, a memory from the past which has never truly been unravelled... Switching back to the past and we become immersed in the lives of the Wilde sisters as they prepare to return to their Aunt and Uncle's home, Applecote Manor, for the summer, but this time it holds no appeal. For five years ago their cousin Audrey disappeared without a trace from the grounds and the Wilde's have never been back since. When they arrive, they soon discover that a lot has changed and there is a melancholy and dangerous air that permeates throughout the estate. And as interesting faces appear which seem sure to offer some entertainment, one sister will take on the quest to uncover the truth, with shocking consequences. THE VANISHING OF AUDREY WILDE by Eve Chase was so much more than I expected and the deeper I fell into the story, the more it captured my imagination. The dual timeline is excellently portrayed with so many similarities between characters even though time has separated them. The devastation of losing a child and never knowing what happened is effortlessly conveyed and my heart broke at times when reading this book, and the unshakeable bond of sisterhood is a theme which is given great power. But most of all it is a story of family, love, and the fact that you cannot escape the past until you confront it. You know when you read a book that is just so superb that you need a moment to readjust back into your everyday life when you finish reading the final line? Well, that is how THE VANISHING OF AUDREY WILDE by Eve Chase made me feel. A phenomenal story that you cannot miss out on. And the cover is absolutely stunning to behold too! Author Bio: Eve Chase is the pseudonym of a journalist who has worked extensively across the British press. Eve Chase always wanted to write about families - ones that go wrong but somehow survive - and big old houses, where family secrets and untold stories seed in the crumbling stone walls. She lives in Oxford, England with her husband and three children. For more information: Website - www.evechase.com Twitter - twitter.com/evepchase Facebook - www.facebook.com/eve.chase.author/ *I want to thank Gaby from Michael Joseph Books, and the author Eve Chase, for the opportunity to review this stunning novel!
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