The Holiday: NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX DRAMA

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However Kate arrives on holiday with troubling things on her mind. Her husband's behaviour has been different of late. He has been distracted, working out and paying a lot more interest in his appearance and most noticeably never far from his mobile phone. She has made herself believe that he must be having an affair. Her eldest child Lucy is also giving her cause for concern. She appears troubled and hardly talks to her mother at the moment. Is this just a part of growing up or is there something more serious going on?

Kate and her 3 close friends from university have met up, once a year, to re-bond and stay in touch, however work and family life have occupied most of their time recently so they haven't seen each other in a while. With their 40th birthdays fast approaching they have all made the effort and along with their partners and children, are meeting up in a luxurious villa in France, for a weeks holiday in the glorious Mediterranean sunshine. But there is trouble in paradise. Kate suspects that her husband is having an affair, and that the other woman is one of her best friends. I also thought the way he describes the children was very well done. Some very likeable, some not! He captures the teenagers particularly well, including the role their mobile phones play in their everyday life. In fact the mobile phone features in nearly every one of the character be it for work or personal reasons and its use is considered quite deeply within the novel. The impact it has on conversation, the distance it can put between parent and child and even it's use within modern day parenting. It also adds to the tension in Kate's idea of her cheating husbands and I enjoyed the moments where she steals a look at it at every available opportunity.Kate spends the entire stay there analysing her husband and her three friends, one by one, trying to find some clue as to which one of her friends was doing this. She had a week to find out the truth and she was determined to find it. But will she succeed in her quest? Will she uncover the identity of her husband's secret lover? An intriguing, fast-paced plot, short chapters and a number of twists and turns kept me interested in the story. Towards the end, the plot took a surprising turn I wasn't really expecting, however, in my opinion, the author tried to hurriedly tie up all loose ends in one final chapter and that to me felt a bit far-fetched. Taking her literally (and having filmed their conversation) Jake set out in his parents’ car and ran Alex over. Only it wasn’t long before Jenny discovered the truth and after learning Sean had spotted her son that night, she manipulated Kate’s husband into covering it up or risk Lucy being seen as the instigator. He was struggling to keep this to himself ahead of the holiday to Malta, exchanging messages with Jenny about it.

I got side-swiped by the plot twists and was totally taken up with the unfolding family resentments and dramas. T.M. Logan is at the top of his game. 5* to the beach read of 2019, CJ CarverThe gripping Sunday Times bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club breakout thriller. Now a major TV drama on NETFLIX starring Jill Halfpenny