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The darkest secret

by Alex Marwood

When three-year-old identical twin Coco goes missing during a family celebration there is a media frenzy. Her parents are rich and influential, as are the friends they were with at their holiday home by the sea. But what really happened to Coco during her father's 50th birthday weekend? The novel is set across two weekends - the first when Coco goes missing and the second, at the funeral of her father, when at last, the darkest of secrets will be revealed.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?