The Perfect Parents
Jackson and Lydia Hemsworth are pillars of the community, feted for having the perfect marriage and three wonderful children – Florence, Jessica and Ezra.
But appearances can be deceptive.
Because behind closed doors Jackson Hemsworth rules his family with cruelty and control. His marriage is a sham; his children for years have cowed in fear.
Until the day that Jackson and Lydia throw themselves off Newport Bridge in a joint suicide pact – the final cruel blow by Jackson to control his wife and torture his adult children.
As the Hemsworth siblings return to their family home, they must try to make sense of their parents’ last act. But there are many dark secrets waiting to be unearthed at Armett House.
Like, why are the townsfolk so suddenly hostile towards them? And who are the strangers who arrive at Armett House unannounced? And why has their mother’s body still not been found?
In the aftermath of their parents’ death, it becomes clear that something terrible is about to be exposed about the Hemsworths’ perfect parents.
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J. A. Baker is a successful psychological thriller writer of numerous books, previously published by Bloodhound. Born and brought up in Middlesbrough, she still lives in the North East, which inspires the settings for her books. Her first title for Boldwood will be published in December 2022.
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My Thoughts
I have read a few of J A Bakers books and have enjoyed them. Perfect Parents tells the story of three siblings and their parents. Florence, Jessica and Ezra are attending the funeral of their father.
Jackson and Lydia Hemsworth had for whatever reason made a suicide pact that they would jump from the Newport Bridge. They do this but only the father's body is found. Did Lydia survive? If she did where is she?
The three siblings have gone back to their home to just try to have some semblance of normalcy. They know that they need to decide what to do with the house. For each of the siblings, the house brings back memories of their childhood. Because Jackson was such a controlling and mean person their childhood memories are best left alone.
As the story goes on we learn about the sibling's childhood years plus their adult lives and the issues that they have as a direct result of how they were treated as children. Until their mother's body is found they are kind of in a limbo, they cannot sell Armett House or anything else that is in the will but as they go through things in the house, they find that here were secrets of which may or may not explain the father's cruelty.
As with all of JA Bakers novels, there is a twist at the end that you would not have guessed. Like I said, I have enjoyed all the books that I have read by this author.
Thanks to #Netgalley and #Boldwood for the copy of the book for review purposes only. I was not monetarily compensated for my review.
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