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One Last Secret

By: Adele Parks
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
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Summary

One Last Secret … would you kill to keep it?

‘Absolutely gripping’ Lisa Jewell
‘I’ll drop anything for a new Adele Parks’ Lucy Foley
‘Whip-smart protagonist, immensely satisfying’ Karin Slaughter
‘Parks gets better and better’ Gillian McAllister
‘Original and utterly compelling’ Peter James

One last client
A week at a beautiful French chateau should be an easy final job for Dora. She’s smart, stunning and discreet.
She only needs to convince the other guests that she’s Daniel’s girlfriend.

One last chance
One final, luxurious week and she can leave the dangerous, difficult escort world, because Dora has fallen in love and is ready to embrace a better future.

One last secret
But as the guests assemble, it becomes terrifyingly apparent that putting her past behind her is impossible. And one last secret could cost Dora everything, including her life…

From the Sunday Times Number One bestseller Adele Parks comes a blisteringly provocative novel about power, sex, money and revenge.

‘Absolutely gripping, this is revenge lit at its best’ Lisa Jewell

‘I’ll drop anything for a new Adele Parks: she nails it every time’ Lucy Foley

‘Perfection’ Daily Mail

‘A whip-smart protagonist, immensely satisfying twists and turns and powerful emotional undercurrents’ Karin Slaughter

‘An astonishing achievement, Parks gets better and better’ Gillian McAllister

‘A high-octane read’ Prima

‘Original and utterly compelling’ Peter James

‘Serves up the perfect dose of escapism laced with tension and darkness’ Cosmopolitan

‘Adele Parks is the queen of the domestic drama’ Sally Hepworth

‘Deliciously deceptive and darkly satisfying. I loved it’ Jane Fallon

‘Adele Parks goes fearlessly into worlds… She pulls it off every time’ Jane Corry

‘Tense’ Best

‘5*… This dark, twisted tale gets better with every page’ The Sun

‘‘Perfect pacing… a clever plot with several jaw-dropping twists and a protagonist you’ll find yourself rooting for…’ My Weekly

‘A sassy voice and – in true Parks style – a serpentine twist that comes back to bite you’ Saga

©2022 Adele Parks (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Critic reviews

"As always with Adele Parks this is an absolutely gripping read." (Richard Osman, number one best-selling author of The Thursday Murder Club)

"Really enjoyed this! Kept me guessing and had me gasping at the twist." (Ian Rankin, number one best-selling author of A Song for the Dark Times)

"Utterly engrossing and brilliant." (Lucy Foley, number one best-selling author of The Guest List)

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gripping!!

loved it...with a surprise twist at the end.
Great first read of Adel parks.

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Great story from the first sentence

Excellent story and throughly enjoyed the narration. It had me hooked from the first few lines. Will definitely be exploring the rest of the Authors titles, highly recommended

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Fine Writing

The plot was perhaps a little on the weak side and stretched out, however the writing was superb. Adele Parks paints a picture for the listener and you really can feel that you are there. The narrator helps a lot, relishing every word that is crafted for her to read.
Unfortunately the story involves a lot of misery for the listener to get absorbed into, It feels like the lead character is talking directly to the camera the whole time, using first person present tense to make it seem real.
So, basically the story is about Dora who dropped out of drama school when she got pregnant and had a really tough life for the next 12 years and finally finding herself in great peril in her occupation as an escort. Quite a few twists todays the end of the story that helped liven things up.

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Grim & depressing

I listened to the whole book whilst travelling & almost binned it on several occasions however, I managed to last the course. I really can not recommend. It’s a depressing story of an escort / sex worker with some quite unbelievable scenarios. I have no knowledge of the industry maybe such things happen?
I’d suggest you save your credits for a much more fulfilling book. This in my opinion is tosh.

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Tantalising tale

An excellently twisting tale of dramatic troubles and joy, brilliantly read, tantalising to the end.

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Great story with twists.

A great story well written and performed. Keeps one on the edge of one’s seat. With multiple twists throughout and right up to the end. I will now search out more Adele Parks works. Highly recommended.

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Did the editor stop work mid book?

I enjoyed the first half of the book, but suddenly it felt like the editor had stopped editing. Long, unnecessary passages and even chapters. It felt like the second half was quickly added as padding.

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Gripping story…

Very enjoyable listen, narration excellent too. Great twists… finding I can’t add more without giving anything away!

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Excellent!

Amazing twist in the end. I listed the book in less than two days. Highly recommend

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Excellent!

Twists and turns right until the end, just enough suspense and interesting characters to keep me gripped!

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