Multi-million selling author Adele Parks is taking part in Capital Crime, London’s biggest celebration of crime and thriller, 13-15 June. In preparation, here are her top five thrillers in which secrets are revealed.
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
A disturbing novel that delves into the traumatic past of three sisters, who grew up with a cruel and controlling foster mother. Now a body is discovered under the house they grew up in.
A Stranger in the Family by Jane Casey
Sixteen years ago, nine-year-old Rosalie Marshall vanished from her bed. Now, her mother is found dead, her husband by her side. Initially it looks like a murder-suicide but it transpires the Marshalls have secrets.
Beautiful People by Amanda Jennings
This deeply dark novel asks whether money can buy silence. Twenty-five years ago Victoria was entangled with something appalling, now she is forced to face her dark, traumatic past.
Isolation Island by Louise Minchin
Investigative journalist Lauren Taylor is on a remote Scottish island taking part in the most gruelling reality show ever devised. The interesting array of contestants are stretched to the limit when a body is found and everyone must hide their darkest secrets.
The Grapevine by Kate Kemp
Set in a small suburban community in Australia in the height of summer 1979, it opens with a housewife scrubbing the tiles of the bathroom floor, desperately trying to remove the blood of her murdered neighbour.
