The Delaney family love one another dearly-it’s just that sometimes they want to murder each other. Part mystery, part family drama, this book is a reminder that although things often don’t go the way we’ve planned, we’re not alone in trying to figure out the best way to live this thing we call life. But what really kept me turning pages is the way Moriarty can turn mundane, often frustrating experiences in life-family feuds, long-held resentments, misunderstandings-into moments of warmth, humor, and compassion. In true Moriarty fashion, as the novel unfolds, the pieces of the puzzle fall expertly into place. Is it possible that Stan could have harmed his wife? And what ever happened to that mysterious stranger that showed up bleeding at the Delaneys’ door all those months ago? But when Joy abruptly goes missing, the police, the community, and even the Delaneys’ own children start to wonder if things weren’t as happy as they seemed. From the outside, their marriage seems solid. Stan and Joy Delaney have retired from their days running a prestigious tennis academy and are looking forward to their years as empty nesters. And in Apples Never Fall she’s done it again with the Delaneys: an outwardly successful family whose dirty laundry comes tumbling out when one of their own goes missing. 'I was intrigued by the idea of the poor elderly couple thinking they were doing the right thing by letting her in.If you’ve spent any time with the sneaky mothers of Big Little Lies, or the wellness retreaters of Nine Perfect Strangers, or any of the other characters that populate Liane Moriarty’s novels, then you know by now that Moriarty has a knack for writing about complicated, flawed people in ways that are oh-so-fun to read. Moriarty has also spoken about being inspired by certain news stories, telling Penguin in 2021, 't here was one particular newspaper article I read about an elderly couple who let a young woman into their house, who said she was a domestic violence victim and she then committed some crime.' “Sadly there are multiple cases where a woman goes missing and the husband is the chief suspect in her murder,” Moriarty told The Sydney Morning Herald, “He is invariably described as a loving father and that just got me thinking about how would I feel if my mother went missing and everyone was saying my father had possibly murdered her.” In an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald, the author said that she drew a lot of inspiration from true-crime podcasts she listened to during lockdown. While Apples Never Fall is fiction, Moriarty has admitted the story is inspired by some real events. Pan Macmillan Is Apples Never Fall Based On A True Story?

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