Broken Flowers by Kate McQuaile

Synopsis:

Your mother. The one person you trust. What if you're wrong?
Widowed Nan is on her way to her beloved son's wedding. She should be excited, but she is dreading her return to Paradise Place - a small area of Notting Hill that she hasn't dared set foot on for decades. Nan had arrived there as a young girl in the late seventies, desperate for freedom and a career as an artist. But, drawn into a dark obsession that spun out of control, Nan was forced to flee.
And while the only thing seemingly connecting her son's wedding and her old secret life is Paradise Place, Nan quickly gets the impression that someone is watching her every move . . . someone she thought was dead.

Publication Dates:

Kindle Edition: 16th April 2020

Paperback: 9th July 2020

My Review:

I didn’t really like the start the start of the book and I wondered if I would actually enjoy this book? I was around 140 pages in and thought about not finishing it. I think if it wasn’t a book to review, I would have stopped reading by now. 

I decided to plough through this book as I was on a blog tour for it! And I'm glad I did carry on reading as after 200 pages the story actually finally started to make sense and all the characters secrets linked to each other!

I was about pages in when it finally got to the twist - thought there was to much storyline before it! I was right about one of the plots but I didn’t really put together what happens between Alice and Hugo. 

Well I finally got to the plot twist and I must say I wasn’t expecting that, there is two points that I didn’t think of/guessing. A few subtle hints: Eddie and Chris, was not expecting that showdown!

I gave this book a four star rating, as the beginning I really didn’t enjoy it but I really enjoyed the last lot of chapters. And I certainly wasn’t expecting that ending! 

Here is the link to buy on amazon: Kindle Edition

About the Author:

Kate McQuaile’s debut novel, What She Never Told Me, was published by Quercus in March 2016. Her second novel, Without A Word, was released in October 2017. Broken Flowers was published, also by Quercus, in April 2020.

Born in Drogheda on Ireland’s east coast, the setting for much of What She Never Told Me, Kate lives in London, where she worked as a journalist for many years. She has received several international journalism awards for her energy coverage.