Get HOOKED on the brand-new cat-and-mouse thriller from the Number One international bestselling author Adele Parks!

‘A rollercoaster journey into the psychology of trauma then takes you on a dark and wild ride out that doesn’t let up for a second’ Janice Hallett

‘Addictive and brilliant’ Lisa Jewell on Our Beautiful Mess

‘A completely propulsive, race-to-the-finish read’ Amy Jordan

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Be afraid. Someone’s watching.

At fifteen, Amy witnessed her father brutally murder his secret lover. Her testimony sealed her father’s fate. With him in prison, Amy and her mother must rebuild their lives in the shadow of a notorious crime.

Years later, Oliver Harrington walks into the restaurant where Amy works. Just like Amy, Oliver has a past he’d rather forget. Amy is drawn to him at a profound level; they feel a connection, an understanding…

This seems a lot like love, but does it hide something darker – an obsession that could lead Amy into a web of deception and violence she thought she’d escaped? As the truth looms ever closer, Amy must confront a harsh reality: where there is love, there is often betrayal.

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Praise for Adele Parks:

‘Addictive and brilliant’ Lisa Jewell

‘Grabbed me from page one and kept me there on the edge of my seat. Superb writing as ever’ Ruth Jones

‘My favourite Adele Parks novel yet! So brilliant, so compelling, so tense! The suspense builds and builds until the breathless conclusion. Utterly thrilling from start to finish’ Lucy Clarke

'Wise, intelligent, compassionate, with a masterful pulse of menace throughout. Utterly immersive’ Louise Candlish

‘Breathe while you can. Adele Parks is back with a heart-in-mouth thriller that will have you frantically turning the pages’ C L Taylor

‘An addictive tale of family dynamics with layers of tension that grip relentlessly. A superbly crafted, thrilling ride’ K L Slater

‘No-one does "family noir" quite like Adele Parks and Our Beautiful Mess is an absolute masterclass – as one terrible mistake leaves a woman’s perfect life hanging by a thread’ T. M. Logan

'Our Beautiful Mess grabs you from page one and keeps you glued to the edge of your seat until the final sentence. Deliciously dark and addictive' Crime Monthly

'Well-plotted with superb characterisation, layered with tension and its pulse-raising dilemmas will have you on the edge of your seat' Sunday Times

Adele Parks's book 'Our Beautiful Mess' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2026-03-23.