Can a picture-perfect life be destroyed by a single lie? Or did it take more than that to split her world apart?Perfect husband. Perfect children. Perfect home.Delores Stanton had it all. Or so it seemed.Until one hot summer’s night, she got into her car, and left.Delores’s tragic journey begins with deception, a bloody revenge plot born from jealousy, and a lie that has become the rocky … lie that has become the rocky foundation for her fragile mind.
As her world begins to spin dangerously out of control, Delores’s desperate mind starts the tortuous process of piecing her life back together. But when you can’t even trust yourself, how can you even begin?
For the man that truly loves her, finding where Delores went, and why, is proving harder to discover than he ever thought possible. People are harbouring secrets at every turn, and with no clues to guide him, he worries it might just be too late to save the woman he loves.
Because in Delores’s uncertain world, a lie might become the truth.
And the truth just might kill her.
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Delores was married to a successful, handsome husband, with more money to spare than she would ever need. She didn’t need to work, in fact her husband insisted that she didn’t. He was such a great provider for their family and Delores knew she was lucky when he chose her out of all the women he could have had for a wife. All she needed in life was her caring doting husband. She didn’t need more in life than to tend to her husband’s needs.
Yet, she felt like a failure as a wife and mother as she battled with her broken mind. Some days she wondered why he had married her at all.
This is her tragic journey beginning with deception, a lie and a revenge plot.
Overall:
From the moment I began reading I wondered what happened to Delores that caused this empty hollowness inside of her. As I continued to read Claire invoked small pieces of Delores’s life. I loved gathering these pieces along the way.
Although I wasn’t expecting the additional characters or their individual point of views. For a short time I was convinced these were pieces I needed to hang on to.
This was a page-turner that I couldn’t put down. The writing was splendid. It’s well thought out and quite thought provoking. I had high hopes for this book and Claire achieved those goals. I was on pins and needles intensely waiting for the outcome. I kept guessing the direction only to discover the twists and turns were nothing I could’ve imagined. Such a clever plot twist.
It’s so hard to comment on this book without giving away any secrets. All I can say it’s uniquely written. I’m spellbound and captivated by the words.
The deceit and lies were cleverly planted in just the right places.
This is appropriately labeled. When I think of what a psychological thriller entails this book has all the factors including twists and turns. I want more books like this one. Psychological thrillers are so hard to come by. Most claim to be a psychological thriller but very few are truly good. This one is powerful and intense and I’m thrilled to have find this gem.
Can I just start by saying I love this cover. It really fits well with the book.
This book will have you turning the pages it is so good I was hooked from the start I was dying to find out what was going on and what happened for Delores to be leaving behind her perfect little life her husband and her kids she really had it all. As we go on a Journey with Delores things start to come to light. there were parts in the book I wanted to jump in and hug Delores I just love her as a character I really felt for her and what she was going through. I really didn’t see that part at the end coming That is one twist i didn’t see coming.
Another well written book from this author and I loved this story.
I love Claire’s books, they are always original and you don’t know what to expect. This author has broken my heart a couple of times, and I guess I like it because I keep coming for more. Fragments of Delores intrigued me right from the start. Who is Delores, where is she headed, what is she planning on doing, and why is she doing it? I had no idea but I was looking forward to finding answers to all of these questions. Piece by piece we get to know Delores with quick and short flashbacks, and it is obvious that something isn’t right with her. This book was an emotional roller coaster, especially during the last quarter of the book I was on the edge of my seat.
This is a psychological thriller with a little bit of romance added to it. You don’t know what is going on, how things are connected, plus add some plot twists to the story and you have yourself a wild ride. This book has multiple POVs which I didn’t mind at all. Claire has such a way with words that you connect and get sucked into any character’s POV in my opinion. It definitely added another layer to the story and gave you some clarity about what was going on. However, the author had me guessing until the last page of the book. I love this author’s writing style a lot, it is just so easy to read and has a very nice flow. I have to admit I read the last chapters very fast, because the not knowing was killing me. After I finished I went back and read them again so I could take in all the details. I definitely recommend this book to fans of Claire’s writing, and readers who enjoy thrillers/suspenseful books.
A psychological suspense story full of secrets, lies and twisted actions. This story is not with out romance though, beautiful. This had my mind racing, on the edge of my seat throughout.
This was written different to other books I’ve read by Claire. It took me a little longer to get in to it but once i did OMG, briĺiantly crafted. This is unique! The story unfolded perfectly and the despair in this story is intangible. Incredible book.
When I saw that Claire was releasing another thriller I knew it was something I wanted to read, and I wasn’t wrong. Claire has a way of keeping you guessing and holding onto the mystery within her novels until the very last moment, building up to the perfect moment for that plot twist. Fragments of Delores was just that book.
The novel is written from multiple POV’s, mainly from Delores and Elijah; but other characters come into play that have an important role as the book progresses. The novel is also written in third person narrative, which in all honesty I am not a huge fan of; but it works perfectly for this novel. If it was written in a first person point of view, there is no way you would get a broad enough picture to understand what is going on, Delores is just too broken for that.
Delores is the heroine of the story, she is a broken woman lost to her own mind. We join her travelling on her own to a destination unknown and reason’s that aren’t revealed from the get go. The book feels sporadic at first as you are drip fed bits and pieces of the story, but the more you read, the more the puzzle pieces start to form a bigger picture. Claire’s writing for me as a lover of well written thrillers, was perfectly paced. At first I wasn’t sure over the jumping POV’s and how that was relevant; however it didn’t take me long to see how they were needed to form a better understanding of who Delores is. Seeing things through her eyes alone skews the perspective, she isn’t aware of just how bad things are for her, she is a woman focused on her task at hand and that’s all she see’s.
This book took me on a roller coaster of a ride, when you hit the halfway mark you have a pretty decent grasp of Delores, but you still have so much more to figure out in terms of plot and the reasons why she is the way she is. The bombs just keep on coming from that moment on, the twists and turns blindsided me on numerous occasions and as all the pieces came into play I was in awe of Claire’s ability to craft this complex story line. Overall this book was one I enjoyed and it didn’t play out exactly as I expected at all. I think anyone who is looking for a book to suck you in and enjoy to trying and figure out what the heck is going on, then this is the book for you
Wow WHAT A READ!!!
I wasnt sure how this would go, it’s another genre that I dont normally read but the love I have for this author made me give it a go and I’m so glad I did!
Damn it was intense, the twists and turns made my head spin, I was on the edge of my seat not knowing what was coming next or how everything would pan out.
I loved everything about it and it didnt come without romance too.
This book suprised me in the best way possible, I know now I will always read everything by this beautiful lady
I was extremely nervous going into this book I really didn’t know what expect, but I knew that I loved Claire’s words and I felt I needed to read it and I’m sooooo glad I did.
Fragments of Dolores is an intense and addictive story with twists and turns you never see coming ,it will break your heart and make your blood pressure rise with anger.
To say this book surprised me is an understatement I went in thinking my triggers would be on high but I was wrong claire writes this brilliantly, at first it took me a little while to get into the way the story is written as it bounces from characters but once I was used to this I never looked back.
Another fab read from the crazy genre hopping red head