The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde: The spellbinding mystery from the Richard & Judy bestselling author of The Glass House

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Deeply atmospheric with a cast of relatable characters, The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde ticked all of the boxes for me. To clear any confusion, when I was first sent this book it was named The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde and has since gone through a name change so I have posted both covers and both names for those of you who know the novel by each name! I was captivated by each story, because both narratives had the ring of truth as they spoke in their different ways of evolving family relationships, of the ways that the past can haunt the present, and the complications the come with growing up.

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But the house has a hidden history and strange rumours surround the estate, rumours which the locals are not about to divulge too easily. The second story is told by thirty-five year-old Jessie, who has persuaded her husband to but Applegate Manor. The characters of step-mother and step-daughter in the present day were just as well done, and I was very impressed by the way that the relationship between the two was drawn and the way that it evolved. In the present day, Jessie, her husband, daughter and stepdaughter move into Applecote Manor, uprooting their busy London lives for a different pace. I also liked that the author included information about what happened to the characters after the summer and how things turned out for them.In The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde, the author weaves a wonderfully compelling thread between two eras. The way that the two stories came together was particularly good, and I was held to the very last page. That she has to fight terrible childish urges to paint over the chic grey walls with a riot of colour? I highly recommend this novel to those who love stories about mysterious old rambling houses in the English countryside filled to the brim with secrets, sisters, and a way of life long past. From the opening chapter, there is an absorbing atmosphere of mystery that the author skilfully maintains throughout the book.

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The mystery consumes the girls, but the closer they get to the truth, the closer they come to possible danger, and tensions begin to arise between them over two handsome boys.In the earlier time period, I found the relationships among the four Wilde sisters, affectionately dubbed the Wildlings by their Uncle Perry, interesting, especially seeing how the dynamic between them shifts over the course of the book.