Book info

• Title Apples Never Fall
• Author Liane Moriarty
• Year 2021
• Genre Mystery

Joy and Stan Delaney have four grown-up children, a successful family business and their golden years ahead of them. Then Joy vanishes. Questions are asked. The police get involved. Scratch the surface and this seemingly happy family has much to hide...

Thoughts

I saw the TV adaptation of this a while ago, and thought it was an interesting concept so eventually got round to reading the original book. It’s good, great characterisation and the style of it - although it’s a book that dips back and forward in time, there are clear delineations and it serves towards the story rather than being an irritating distraction. Gradually you get to know these people, the layers of the onion are peeled back, and we get to know who they are, what happened, and where they go from here. A good read.

Rating: 4 / 5