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Eyes on You

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A brand-new, unputdownable cat-and-mouse psychological thriller from the Number One international bestselling author Adele Parks! ‘Addictive and brilliant’ Lisa Jewell on Our Beautiful Mess Be afraid. Someone’s watching. At fifteen, Amy witnessed her father brutally murder his secret lover. Her testimony sealed her father’s fate. With... Read More
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A brand-new, unputdownable cat-and-mouse psychological thriller from the Number One international bestselling author Adele Parks!

‘Addictive and brilliant’ Lisa Jewell on Our Beautiful Mess

An addictive and gripping psychological suspense thriller full of shocking twists and secrets from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lies Lies Lies – brand-new for 2026!

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A brand-new, unputdownable cat-and-mouse psychological thriller from the Number One international bestselling author Adele Parks!

‘Addictive and brilliant’ Lisa Jewell on Our Beautiful Mess

Be afraid. Someone’s watching.

At fifteen, Amy witnessed her father brutally murder his secret lover. Her testimony sealed her father’s fate. With him in prison, Amy and her mother must rebuild their lives in the shadow of a notorious crime.

Years later, Oliver Harrington walks into the restaurant where Amy works. Just like Amy, Oliver has a past he’d rather forget. Amy is drawn to him at a profound level; they feel a connection, an understanding…

This seems a lot like love, but does it hide something darker – an obsession that could lead Amy into a web of deception and violence she thought she’d escaped? As the truth looms ever closer, Amy must confront a harsh reality: where there is love, there is often betrayal.

Praise for Adele Parks:

‘Addictive and brilliant’ Lisa Jewell

‘Grabbed me from page one and kept me there on the edge of my seat. Superb writing as ever’ Ruth Jones

‘My favourite Adele Parks novel yet! So brilliant, so compelling, so tense! The suspense builds and builds until the breathless conclusion. Utterly thrilling from start to finish’ Lucy Clarke

‘Our Beautiful Mess leaps straight to the top of my Adele Parks rankings – wise, intelligent, compassionate, with a masterful pulse of menace throughout. Utterly immersive’ Louise Candlish

‘Breathe while you can. Adele Parks is back with a heart-in-mouth thriller that will have you frantically turning the pages’ C L Taylor

‘An addictive tale of family dynamics with layers of tension that grip relentlessly. A superbly crafted, thrilling ride’ K L Slater

‘No-one does ‘family noir’ quite like Adele Parks and Our Beautiful Mess is an absolute masterclass – as one terrible mistake leaves a woman’s perfect life hanging by a thread’ T. M. Logan

'Our Beautiful Mess grabs you from page one and keeps you glued to the edge of your seat until the final sentence. Deliciously dark and addictive' Crime Monthly

'Well-plotted with superb characterisation, layered with tension and its pulse-raising dilemmas will have you on the edge of your seat' Sunday Times

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008586430

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 August 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HQ

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 270g

Pages: 384

About the Author

Adele Parks MBE was born in North Yorkshire. She is the author of 21 bestselling novels including most recently the Sunday Times and ebook Number One bestseller Both of You. Adele's recent Number One bestsellers Lies Lies Lies and Just My Luck were shortlisted for the British Book Awards and have been optioned for development for TV. Adele has lived in Botswana, Italy and London and is now settled in Guildford, Surrey. In 2022 she was awarded an MBE for services to literature. Find Adele on Twitter @adeleparks, Instagram @adele_parks and Facebook @OfficialAdeleParks or visit www.adeleparks.com.

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