ADULT Event

Literary dinner with Adele Parks – First Wife's Shadow

Kept me guessing and had me gasping at the twist
— Ian Rankin
Utterly compelling
— Peter James

Enjoy a two-course dinner in the company of Sunday Times bestselling author and Festival patron Adele Parks MBE, in conversation with her husband Jim. They will be discussing Adele’s sensational new thriller, First Wife’s Shadow and be talking about how The Image of You has just been released as a major motion movie. Adele is the author of 23 bestselling novels including Lies Lies Lies and Just My Luck. Over five million UK editions of her work have been sold and her books have been translated into 31 different languages.

As always with Adele… this is an absolutely gripping read
— Richard Osman

about the author

Adele Parks MBE was born in North Yorkshire. She is the author of 23 bestselling novels including the Sunday Times Number One bestsellers Lies Lies Lies and Just My Luck. Over five million UK editions of her work have been sold and her books have been translated into 31 different languages. Adele’s novel The Image of You has just been released as a major motion movie and she has several other titles optioned and in development including One Last Secret and Both of You.

She is an ambassador of the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency: two charities that promote literacy in the UK. 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.

Masterfully executed – her best book yet
— Lisa Jewell

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