Amy keeps everyone at arm's length because of her traumatic past. When she meets Oliver, she's immediately attracted to him, but he seems determined to take things extremely slowly. Past and present collide in a chilling way when she discovers his true identity.
WOW! What a story. Eyes On You by Adele Parks is one of those stories that has you gripped from the very beginning and keeps you engrossed throughout. The dramatic opening, one of violence and mystery, fills you with intrigue and sets the tone for an exceptionally twisty thriller.
Amy isn't a likeable character, but this is understandable when we piece together her past. As a teenager, she witnessed her father bludgeon his mistress to death and had to testify at his trial. Since then, she has been in self-destruct mode. When she meets Oliver, she feels different; there's a definite connection.
The narrative isn't linear, which really adds to the mystery. We have glimpses of the build-up to the murder, mixed with the growing relationship between Amy and Oliver. Intertwined with all of this are current-day events, events which seem as shocking and bloody as the original murder. Delivering morsels of information in this way kept the pace relentless, and had me desperate to know how everything fitted together. I was convinced I knew where the story was heading, but I was so wrong. The conclusion had me on the edge of my seat, and was one I certainly didn't see coming.
Author Details
Adele Parks MBE is the author of twenty-five bestselling
novels including the recent Sunday Times hit Just Between Us and the audible
Number One sensation One Last Secret. Over 6 million English editions of her
work have been sold and she is translated into 31 different languages.
Her number one bestsellers Lies Lies Lies and Just My Luck
were both shortlisted for the British Book Awards and have been optioned for
development for film & TV.
She is an ambassador of the National Literacy Trust and the
Reading Agency: two charities that promote literacy in the UK.
Adele was born in North Yorkshire and has lived in Botswana,
Italy and London and is now settled in Guildford, Surrey.
In 2022 she was awarded an MBE by King Charles III for services to literature.
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