Thank you NetGalley for the arc of We all have our secrets.

Told from the povs of 3 very interesting characters Harold the father, Emily the midwife and daughter and lastly Francoise the live in carer who recently moved from France.

Emily, after walking away from her life in London due to an incident at work, arrives back to her family home to find her elderly father’s health declining and a very attractive French carer looking after him.
Both ladies know they are holding on to secrets but what they do not realise is the secrets Harold is holding onto and how these can change both the ladies lives.

All three characters were amazingly portrayed and I never quite knew my true feelings towards each one because as the story progresses there are many twists and turns with each one having you doubt their
integrity.

A absolutely fantastic read and I devoured it very quickly. Lots of twists and turns which include a lot of suspense and tension. Highly recommend. 5 stars.

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book.

Everyone in this story really did have secrets. Was rooting for Francoise in the end.

Oh my goodness! What a fabulous book! It grabbed me from page 1 and had me totally in its grip 'til the final closing words. How apt a title is this? There so many secrets that were revealed steadily throughout the book as twist after twist was thrown into the plot. So many questions had me in a dilemma as to who to believe. Emily returns to her childhood home whilst being away from her work as a midwife for reasons not revealed immediately, to find her elderly father, Harold, being cared for by Francoise, a beautiful French woman, Does Francoise have ulterior motives? What is she hiding? The two women are highly suspicious of each other and Harold who is ill and in the throes of dementia has many secrets of his own. I liked that the chapters are narrated by each of these characters. Harold's chapters depict his time fighting in the war which were sometimes hard to read but his experiences have a huge bearing on the current situation between the two women. I found this book utterly compelling and hated having to put it down. Whilst away from it I was thinking about the plot which is always a good sign of an extremely addictive and well written book. I love Jane Corry's work and this is exceptional. I'll be recommending it to everyone I know who loves mystery/suspense and a cracking good tale full of twists, turns and uncertainties. Brilliant! My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC for which I am happy to provide an honest and unbiased review.

Didn’t love this one. Enjoyable enough story but the end was far too detailed and a bit ll over the place. It was almost a if the author was trying very hard to pull everything together too neatly. This end quarter or so spoiled the book somewhat for me.

This story follows 3 POVs Harold, his daughter Emily & his new Carer Françoise.

The book started well enough with Emily's POV; she got suspended from her midwifery job after an incident occurs and goes and stays with her father but upon arriving is surprised to find he has employed a Carer; Françoise.
I found Emily very unlikeable. Her nose is very out of joint by the carers presence in her family home, she is a very jealous, self-serving character and I did not enjoy reading from her POV. The author also mentions that she's a midwife on pretty much every page for the first few chapters which was very repetitive.
I enjoyed the Françoise' POV, even if it was a little hard to follow at times.
The twists and turns were enjoyable if a tad predictable.

Overall, this book is fine, nothing groundbreaking but would make a good beach read for the summer!

Wow! I was hooked right from the start, as Emily, a busy midwife, was coping with her shift and her love life until it all started to unravel. As she sought solace with her father, she met Francoise, his new carer, a woman with a hidden agenda.
I really enjoyed the way the story flicks between WW2, Emily and Fancoise, and the story of each character is gradually revealed. Highly relatable, likeable characters, who I really started to care about. Well done Jane Corry, 5 stars from me!

Emily is a midwife in London, overworked and under-resourced. Her widowed and aging father lives alone in a beautiful house in Cornwall where she grew up, but she doesn't have much time to keep an eye on him, despite his frailty and health problems. Unknown to her, he places an ad in the press for a 'companion and carer'.

Emily arrives home after a 4 month absence to find an attractive, young, French woman answering the door and inviting her in! The plot is set. Suspicion, lies ,jealousy and deception take over. There are things both women wish to remain hidden. But there is so much more to be revealed, below the surface. Tense and suspenseful, I read this in almost one sitting over a weekend. Superb.

What would you do in Emily’s position? You go back to your family home, to find a young, attentive, apparently perfect woman has “ moved in” to look after Harold, your ageing father. Emily has seemingly had one of the worst weeks of her life, she heads home to spend some time with her Dad, and talk over her predicament. On arrival, Francoise, a stranger, opens the door. Understandably, Emily is surprised and concerned. Is Emily being neurotic? Guilt fuelling her emotions?

The story lives in two lines. 1945, when Harold is fighting in France at the end of World War Two; and the current day, where we see Emily and Francoise battling for Harold’s attention.

The first half of the book has a tension, which builds, as the secrets of Harold, Emily and Francoise unfold. As the reader, I wasn’t sure who I believed, my feelings changing frequently. At this point, I was eager to find out what their secrets were, and what they led are characters to do.

The end felt underwhelming to me, even as I turned the last pages, I was waiting for a twist, that didn’t come. After the tension that had built through the earlier part of the story, it felt too easy, too neat and nice. It almost felt as if it were two halves of different books.
I’m afraid it’s just 3⭐️⭐️⭐️ from me, though I’m sure many others readers will enjoy this family drama.

I love Books by Jane Corry and this was no exception. Dark, and full of twists. It keeps you guessing till the end. Highly recommended.

This is an easy and satisfying read even if the storyline is not particularly original. Emily, a midwife in a London hospital, fears that her elderly father in Devon may be being cheated by his new French carer.,Francoise. When she is suspended from her job she goes home to look after him and finds herself jealous of the relationship between her father and the carer. It turns out that Francoise has other reasons for landing that particular job. Her background is complicated as is that of Emily it turns out. The story gathers momentum as new secrets are revealed. Another important background to the story is the wartime experience of the father Harold Gentle. It is not essential to later revelations but it is well written. Gentle is a retired lawyer dying of cancer. There is a question over his death coming slightly sooner than expected. There are many twists and turns to this book which keep you reading. Some readers might find the uncertain ending disappointing. I recommend the book.

When Emily, a midwife, makes a terrible mistakes she returns to her family home on the Cornish coast. When she gets there she discovers her elderly father is not alone, he has taken on a young French woman as a live in carer. Emily immediately feels ill at ease with the newcomer and sets out to discover more about her. The trouble is that what she discovers just increases her sense of unease.
However, Francoise is equally as suspicious of Emily. What has brought her home unannounced after all this time? What is she running away from?
Both women have their secrets and so does Emily's father Harold. After all, we all have our secrets.
The story is told from the perspectives of both of the main characters, with a bit of Harold's story emerging from time to time.
I enjoyed this book but sadly I felt a bit let down by the ending.
many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I loved this book. How the storyline unfolded had me gripped, there was twists and turns that I didn't see coming and I loved hearing about the lives of our two main characters. Brilliantly written, a must read.

Ever since, purely by chance, I stumbled across Jane Corry’s first novel ‘My Husband’s wife, I have made a point of seeking out her publications – novels, articles and short stories – and I have never been disappointed. She is clearly adept at researching different professional backgrounds (whether the legal profession or London hospitals, as featured in this novel) and she superbly delves into the minds of ‘ordinary’ contemporary people who face personal dilemmas.

The protagonist in this, Corry’s latest, novel, is London midwife Emily, who is suspended from work and also suffers a cycling accident. Summoned to Cornwall by her father, with whom she has a strained relationship at best because of his abrasive, often erratic behaviour and high expectations, she is surprised to find him sharing the family home with Francoise, a woman that Emily knows nothing about. As Emily’s agenda plays out against Francoise’s, further tragedy strikes…

I do not wish to give too much away here, other than saying that this is another well-observed, riveting read from Jane Corry. Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin UK for the opportunity to review the latest offering from this accomplished and highly readable author.

This is an excellent read which keeps you guessing until the end. It is a thought-provoking read.

Emily is a midwife and has made a mistake at work, that could be the end of her career. Not sure where to turn she rushes back to Cornwall to her father's home. She is shocked to find a beautiful young woman, Francoise, living with him as a carer. Emily is guilty that she hadn't realised her father's dementia had gotten so bad. She also suspects there is something sinister about Francoise and is determined to find out what is going on.

The story is told from three points of view, first, we hear Emily's side and then we hear from Francoise and Harold the father. The story is about family and secrets and gradually the story unravels to a surprising end. I love the way the story weaves everything together.

If you are looking for a gripping read for the summer then this is ideal.

Totally raced through this book in 24 hours and really enjoyed it. Despite having a couple of Jane Corry's novels on my enormous TBR pile I had yet to read any of her previous books. I will definitely be catching up!

Emily heads back to the sanctuary of her 93 year old fathers house after a mistake at work leads her to be at the centre of an investigation. On arrival she discovers a beautiful, young, french carer looking after her dad. The two women immediately clash. Both of them have reasons to be there and neither are telling the truth. A suspense driven story that gripped me from the outset.

I have read all of this author's books and I have always enjoyed the unexpected twists that she adds to her stories. This latest book I think may be the most twisted one yet!

Emily has returned to her family home in Cornwall. She is a midwife and there has been a mistake, taking a break at her home and catching up with her elderly father. She is surprised when she is greeted by a young woman. Things have changed since her last visit and it is with the suspicion that she tries to work out why this young French woman is a carer for Harold, her dad.

Francoise is a caring woman and has experience looking after the elderly. She is used to their mood swings and has learnt to be patient with them. She soon realised that Emily doesn't seem to like her and is on her case.

This was a fabulous read and it is one that does at times flit back from present-day to 1945, this fills.in gaps in Harold's life while continuing in the present time. The story also alternates between Emily and Francoise. This is a great way of seeing different sides to the women and seeing things from their perspective. Do I g this means the author can sow seeds of doubt for the reader. As I thought one thing, the author successfully turned things on their head and I found myself reevaluating, this is where the twists become more evident and sneaky.

The author does a very good job of going through the various aspects of midwifery and also adult care while weaving in her story of the past and the present. The levels of suspicion increase throughout the story and kept drawing me further and further in. No one is quite what they seem and so the title is very appropriate, yes we all have secrets but some are of can have serious repercussions.

This is a fabulous story and became a one-sitting read for me. It has a good psychological angle as well as mysteries. There is also a nice bit of romance running through this story and again it has roots in the past, with more secrets that are to be revealed. I really enjoyed this and would definitely recommend it.

This brilliantly addictive novel is about a midwife, Emily, who returns home to escape troubles at work only to find that her elderly father now has a live-in carer, a situation she is far from happy with. Emily develops a toxic relationship with the young, attractive carer and intrigue is developed through skilful storytelling, told through three different perspectives. If you want a solid, compelling thriller with an interesting plot and well developed characters to take on your holiday, you can’t go far wrong with this.

We All Have Our Secrets has the perfect ingredients for a good story: life and death, old and young, past and present.

Emily enjoys working as a midwife for a big NHS Trust when something happens that results in a Fitness to Practice investigation against her. Shocked and unhappy with a good measure of denial thrown in, she decides to retreat to her parental home, where her elderly father, Harold, still lives. Due to a busy life style and a demanding work environment, she had not quite lived up to what could be expected of her as a dutiful daughter and contact between them had been less regular than it should have been.

When she arrives at her parental home, the door is opened by Francoise, a young French woman her dad had hired to look after him and the house. This is where the story begins to unfold and a long journey begins, which is full of suspicion against each other, discoveries about Harold’s past reaching back to the second world war when he served as a young soldier. There is a lot Emily and Francoise learn about each other, themselves and most of all about Harold, the person they both care about. They inflict injuries on each other but at the same time also go through a cathartic healing process, which results in what one could call a happy ending. – Something I am quite partial to.

There were however a few things that niggled me: I found that Emily’s and Francoise’s voices lacked a certain authenticity; they sounded a bit too blunt, too stilted. It wasn’t really what they said, but how it came across. This was not helped by the fact that Francoise’s thoughts and speech was often interspersed with the odd French word which was probably meant to lend authenticity, but to me it just didn’t ring true. For others this may not be an issue, given that the story itself is well constructed and paced and all in all a good read.

I am grateful to NetGalley and Penguin Books for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Took me a while to get into this book but once I did I loved it!! Really well written from different view points and a few flashbacks to past events, it wrapped up so well and I loved the ending. Highly recommend and I’m looking out for more books by this author. Huge thanks to Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book x

Intriguing tale of a family who have very difficult relationships with each other.
I have to say i found it difficult to start with but once the story got going i found myself desperate to know who was lying and to get to the bottom of the secrets.
The writing was very clever and i also enjoyed the back and forth to previous era's.

Overall an enjoyable read that will shock and surprise you until the very end.

My thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced copy to which i have left my honest review..