1 Oct 2024

Rose Carlyle on her gripping new thriller that shines a light on illegal adoption

From Nine To Noon, 10:05 am on 1 October 2024
Rose Carlyle and book cover.

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One minute Eve Sylvester is beside her new boyfriend in a car.

The next, a deadly car wreck turns her life upside down.

She's alone, broke and pregnant.

New Zealand author Rose Carlyle wastes no time in setting up the premise for her new novel, No One Will Know.

When a wealthy couple offer to take Eve in, raising the baby as their own while she's retained as nanny - she reluctantly accepts.

What follows is a thriller of a ride, something readers familiar with Rose's best-selling debut novel The Girl in the Mirror will be well aware.

Rose spent many years working as a lawyer, before taking time to sail the world with her three children and she weaves that nautical experience into both her novels.

She joins Kathryn to talk about why the issue of illegal adoption features prominently in the book, and why she thinks there's an appetite for looking at the dubious actions of the wealthy.