Henry, Emily and Francoise's perspectives help develop this multi-layered and involved plot. It challenges the reader to consider the always present sceptre of potential for loss and the regrets we might have if we wallow in self-pity. None of the characters are particularly likable and yet I still found myself caring what happened to them which demonstrates how skilfully the book is written. Overall, this is a well-structured and interesting read

I enjoyed this book, it was easy to read and held my attention. I will be reading more from this author :)

Thank you to netyand the publisher for allowing me to review this book.

This book slightly let me down as I had higher expectations for this. Although I did finish it I was not invested in the story lines

I thought this was great, written really well and great storyline.

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.

Emily made a mistake, a mistake midwifes can't afford to make. Escaping to her dad's home in Devon to regroup and check in on him – his dementia has been worsening, and her guilt along with it, she is surprised when a beautiful stranger answers the door. Francoise is her dad's new carer, but Emily's father seems to have deteriorated under her care.

Emily doesn't trust Francoise, but she doesn't trust herself either. Each has a secret. And one of them will kill to keep it

The two women have a problem with each other from the beginning. Emily thinking that Françoise is there to extort her old father for money and Françoise thinking that Emily does not appreciate all that she has. Both women and Harold himself all have secrets that they are keeping from each other.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Penguin General UK for an advance copy in return for a fair and honest review

I am on the fence for this one. The story itself was interesting enough, with plenty twists and turns, but I struggled to get behind the main character. This might have been on purpose, but I always struggle when I dislike the main character.

Emily is 35 and a nurse who, in a lapse of judgement, finds her career on a precipice. She flees for her family home on the Cornish coast to hide and lick her wounds. But on her arrival she finds her elderly father has employed a young, beautiful French girl to care for him. Emily feels threatened by the bond and is concerned that the carer has ulterior motives. Both women have secrets to hide and when the elderly father dies, fingers are pointed in both directions.

Nothing is what it seems. And there are lots of dramatic reveals, so there was never a dull moment. The pace was well set and I was compelled to find out how it all ends. That said, We are supposed to support Emily but she is very rude, more than she needs to be. She is also selfish, indulged, self-absorbed. We are supposed to be suspicious of the French carer taking advantage of an old man, but she is lovely. Attentive, caring, patient. I felt this quite jarring. I also quickly learned that the characters points of view were often wrong. Normally this is how you learn about other characters but in this case I had to disregard their judgements. I found this frustrating, like the story was littered with red herrings. In a nutshell, worth a read if you're in it for the plot, but if you get invested in the characters, it can be frustrating.

While suspended from her job as a midwife Emily decides to return to Cornwall to her family home and stay with Harold, her elderly father. On arriving she is surprised to find Francois, a young French woman in her twenties, looking after her father as he had advertised for a Carer. Emily takes an instant dislike to her as she feels that she is getting too close to her father, Emily is even more suspicious when she hears that her father and Francois have been to the solicitors office, Harold has dementia but when he suddenly dies there are suspicions that he had had an overdose of his medication. Both Emily and Francois suspect each other. The story goes back in time to Harold’s experiences in the war and it soon becomes clear that he had kept a number of secrets. This is an immersive and compelling psychological thriller. A compelling read.
Thanks to Netgalley and Penguin for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

Emily loves her job as a midwife but when she makes a mistake that could jeapordise her career - she runs to the one place she feels safe, home to her dad. When she gets home, there is a strange lady living in the house claiming to be his carer.

Her father is showing signs of dementia but also that he is smitten with Francois. Emily has suspicions that Francois is trying to manipulate her father for his money. To avoid the stress of the work investigation - she spends all her time in trying to find out what Francois is hiding.

During the last few hours of her father's life, he confesses the secrets he has kept all their lives. Following a post mortem things don't quite look as straight forward about his death and based on his confessions - both women become suspects.

Can they both come to terms with the truth?

A slightly slow but gripping read about Emily, who facing her own demons arrives home to see her dad and finds a young carer looking after him…..suspicion and twists and turns.

Emily returns home to see her Dad following an incident at work and she is taken aback at the presence of Francoise, taking an instant dislike.

Franchise had responded to an ad in the paper to carer for elderly Harold Gentle whose health is declining rapidly.

The story is told from both the perspectives of the women and is interspersed with flashbacks from Harold's time at war. An interesting read where all is not what it seems.

An OK read. Started out very promising and full of intrigue but did start to drag a bit and I lost a bit of interest.

Emily made one bad decision, and now her career could be over. Her family home on the Cornish coast is the only place where she feels safe. But when she arrives, there's a stranger living with her father. Emily doesn't trust the beautiful young woman, convinced that she's telling one lie after another.

Soon, Emily becomes obsessed with finding out the truth . . . But should some secrets stay buried forever?

Absolute page Turner. Coun not put it down

Suspenseful and intriguing drama about Emily, a midwife who returns to the family home after making a mistake at work, her 93 year old father and his new carer, Francoise.

Told from different points of view, the book spans different time periods to weave together . This book is an intense domestic drama and it was very easy to wrap yourself up in it to its dramatic conclusion.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

*Thanks to NetGalley for an ARC copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.*

Oh, Jane Corry. Your books used to be so good and they seem to be diminishing in quality each time. But this wasn't all bad!

I felt a lot for Emily's dad; I lost my own dad quite recently, and the scenes with him were heartbreaking. But even they couldn't fix the unbelievable storyline about his past relationships and how it's now coming back to haunt him.

A pleasant read from Jane Corry, although I did not enjoy this one as much as some of her other books.

Tells the story of nurse Emily as she comes home after an accident at work to find Francoise, a stranger, caring for her sick father.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin for letting me review this book in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher & Jane for the ARC.

Another twisty thriller from a brilliant author. The plot was well outlined, and easy to follow, but difficult to predict. Full of intrigue, would absolutely recommend this psychological thriller.

Emily is a midwife a job that can. It be undertaken by the faint hearted. That pressure and uncertainty every day. So when Emily becomes distracted and mistakes happen she turns to her childhood home for comfort only to find things have changed.
Emily is someone we would all want as a friend but she doesn’t seem to have many at all. Just an old flame back at home.
The story follows Emily and her fathers house keeper. A French maid who Emily believes has been sent to make her life hell.
I could not put the book down but felt the story went on for too long. Not enough characters for me to fall in love with and not the usual twists and turns I would expect from Cody’s books. Definitely worth a read though.

I have up and down relationships with Jane's books, and sadly this was a downside. The writing was rather mundane, repetitive, and not well developed. I also didn't like the inclusion of Francoise, and thought her chapters brought down the pace of the book.

Two daughters. One daughter who nobody ever knew about and one daughter which was very much known about but never was.
This book is a dual narrative written from the point of of view of Emily, Francoise and a historical narrative from Henry Gentle from 1945. Emily is the daughter of a successful solicitor whose family home is by the sea in Cornwall, Emily's mother has passed away and Emily now lives in London and works as a successful midwife, successful that it until she makes a mistake,
Emily has never been married and had no children of her own and whilst she is suspended from her post, she goes home to stay with her elderly father only to find a beautiful stranger open the door to her.
The beautiful stranger is Francoise the second narrative and turns out to be her dads new carer,
The two women are very suspicious of the other and then suddenly Emily's father Henry deteriorates and dies. Is one of the women responsible as they both have their secrets.
This is a good mystery. There is no sense of menace but is atmospheric along the stormy coastline of Cornwall There are twists and turns and of course the plot takes you down dead ends. So many assumptions are made and the historical content is all relevant. It does have a 'nice' end which feels odd for a thriller but I liked it..
#WeAllHaveOurSecrets but I'm not going to spoil any more secrets of this book in this review,

With thanks to #NetGalley and Penguin General UK-Fig Tree, Hamish Hamilton, Viking, Penguin Life, Penguin Buisness for the electronic preview read.

An ok read
Have read others by this author which where better
But it hasn’t put me off reading more
Just because I didn’t think it was great doesn’t mean someone else won’t enjoy it
Thanks NetGalley