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Dirty Little Secrets

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First book I have read by jo Spain and I definitely will be reading more . I read this over two days couldn’t put it down , How can you not know your neighbour has been dead three months. All of the neighbours have secrets of there own . A fantastic read

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I loved every single page of this book and it’s definitely my favourite read of the year. Jo Spain is an outstanding author and her style of writing is very compulsive.
I was really excited to get this book and didn’t put it down until it was finished.
The characters are intriguing throughout and I’m a little gutted I’ve finished it.
It’s definitely worthy of 5 stars and I’d recommend to anyone.

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"Everybody always assumed they were better than the people they heard about on the news."
Its true isn't it? Really good quote and think it sums up the entire book! Six families each with their own secrets coming out with the death of their neighbour. Really thrilling book and couldn't put it down until the end!

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This is the second book by Jo Spain that I read and I'll be buying her next one without even reading the blurb. Somebody called Dirty Little Secrets 'The Irish Desperate Housewives' and it perfectly sums it up. It's well-written, intriguing, bursting with tension and suspense and impossible to put down.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Quercus publishers for the ARC.

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Well what can I say about this book other than it is an absolutely exceptional, compulsive, amazing read that I can’t fault and it’s going to be a big very well deserved hit in 2019 I am sure.
It's a superb piece of writing at its very best and as you find yourself slowly being drip fed little pieces of information about the excellently portrayed cast of characters making you suspect just about everyone of them of something and what a disturbed, dysfunctional lot they certainly are !! Well I got totally hooked in the lives of the people of Withered Vale and really cared about some of them so much so I was sad when I finished the book and as I said I just can’t fault anything about it, to say more would spoil it so please just read it for yourselves you won’t be disappointed it’s fabulous, congratulations Jo Spain this is a winner!!
My thanks to NetGalley and Quercus books for the chance to read the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

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I could not put this book down (not great when you have Christmas cleaning to do!!!). It was absolutely amazing - I cannot praise it highly enough.

A quiet gated small community in Ireland is shaken when one of the residents is found dead and has been lying there undiscovered for three months!!! How could none of the neighbours have noticed? As the police (Frank and Emma) make enquiries and speak to the neighbours we become aware that not all is as it seems and all of the neighbours are harbouring secrets to varying degrees.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced read copy of this book in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

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I loved Jo Spain's The Confession and Dirty Little Secrets is another clever tale, this time of neighbours living in an upmarket gated community. When Olive's body is discovered after 3 months lying dead in her home the police can't understand why no-one has reported that they haven't seen Olive for so long. Each of the neighbours has secrets they are hiding from each other and have reasons for disliking Olive. But who is responsible for her death?

Fans of Jo Spain will enjoy her latest book and my thanks to NetGalley and Quercus for the opportunity to read and review it.

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behind the big security gates and the big beautiful houses you will come across a much smaller home set right in the middle perfect for a Nosey Neighbour!!

Six neighbours, six shocking secrets and six deadly reasons to want Olive Collins Dead!

in the gated community of Withered Vale people's lives seem to be picture perfect they have it all Money, success they lead the kind of life most people dream of but there is just one big problem that is ruining it for everyone & that is Olive Collins!

but unfortunately for Olive her time is running out her neighbours have had enough and on the 3rd of march her rotting body is found and behind each of her neighbours doors they are humming ding dong the witch is dead, but which one Killed her?

oh i loved the book from start to finish this was a perfect thriller it gave me chills and it kept me up because i just wanted to know what happened next this book would make a perfect Mini series for T;V i would love this book to come to life i would even love to read more about the family's of withered vale it had so many twists and turns i just didn't expect what come next it was just bang bang bang with shocks and twists.. the story is told in the narrative of all the neighbours and we also get to hear Olives story from the grave she tells us what happened leading up and to her death..

i give this book 5 stars as i truly loved it i didn't want to end thriller lovers will love this book it has everything!!

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