lisa jewell the night she disappeared a novel

With the London 2012 Olympics faintly in the background - in the foreground both in the past, and the present, the secrets and lies of Adrian's extended family begin to emerge as the mystery of (yet another) beautiful woman that left her mobile at his home sets off unforeseen repercussions. and it's then that the cards that make up what he always saw as his wonderful life begin to crumble. Adrian is loving life, when one night a massively drunk Maya apparently is killed, when she walks in front of a bus. Nobody knows how Adrian manages it - he's a good looking man in his 40s his business is doing great and his home life? He is on a third, younger (and beautiful) wife Maya, but his previous wives and their five kids all remain in contact, share babysitting chores and even all go on holiday together.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an opportunity to read a copy. And all books get points from me for being set in England - a bit silly of me I know.

And Jewell has a nice simple writing style. It's still a good story with a decent end. I didn't particularly like Adrian and I couldn't relate to the wives. I am all for complex reconstituted harmonious families -I was part of one myself - but I was annoyed by how Adrian is depicted as a really nice guy whose ex wives indulge and adore him. But there's something about the relationship between Adrian and his three wives that really irked me. Jewell does an excellent job of creating intrigue around the question of what was really going, and this kept me reading. And then the book is about whether this was an accident or something else and what was really going on. But one day - as the book begins -Maya stepped in front of a bus and died. And then Adrian, the three wives and their children seemingly got along and even went on holidays together. He then had three children with Caroline and left her for Maya. He had two children with Suzie and then left her for Caroline. I think I had a similar reaction to The Third Wife as other Goodreads reviewers – I got hooked by the story but didn’t love the characters.

Lisa jewell the night she disappeared a novel