Pages: 467Published: 7th April 2016Genre: Psychological Thriller When fifteen-year-old Billy Wilkinson goes missing in the middle of the night, his mother, Claire, blames herself. She's not the only one. There isn't a single member of Billy's family that doesn't feel guilty. But the Wilkinsons are so used to keeping secrets from one another that it isn't until six … Continue reading Book Review – The Missing by C.L. Taylor
Pages: 309Published: 25th July 2019Genre: Crime/MysteryContent warnings: Strong violence, sexual references In a quiet, leafy suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into houses--and into the owners' computers as well--learning their secrets, and maybe sharing some of them, too. Who is he, and what might he have uncovered? After two anonymous letters are received, whispers start … Continue reading Book Review – Someone We Know by Shari Lapena
Pages: 384Published: 10th September 2019Genre: Historical FantasyContent warnings: Racism, animal cruelty In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place. Then she finds a strange book. … Continue reading Book Review – The Ten Thousand Doors Of January by Alix E. Harrow
Pages: 323Published: 28th June 2018Genre: Domestic ThrillerContent warnings: Sexual references, child death You trust her. You shouldn’t. That picture you just posted on Instagram? I’ve seen it.The location you tagged? I’ve been there. You haven’t been careful enough, have you?Because I know all about you. But when I meet you, I won’t tell you that.I’ll pretend. Just like you … Continue reading Book Review – I Know You by Annabel Kantaria
Pages: 358Published: 6th March 2018Genre: Young Adult Contemporary A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother’s religion and her own relationship to the world. Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists … Continue reading Book Review – The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Pages: 416Published: 1st April 2019Genre: Dystopian ThrillerContent warnings: Suicide, sexual abuse Eight self-drive cars set on a collision course. Who lives, who dies? You decide. When someone hacks into the systems of eight self-drive cars, their passengers are set on a fatal collision course. The passengers are: a TV star, a pregnant young woman, a disabled war hero, an … Continue reading Book Review – The Passengers by John Marrs
Pages: 419Published: 4th December 2018Genre: Literary Fiction A dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the Thames. The regulars are entertaining themselves by telling stories when the door bursts open on an injured stranger. In his arms is the drowned corpse of a little child. Hours later the dead girl stirs, takes a breath and returns to … Continue reading Book Review – Once Upon A River by Diane Setterfield
Pages: 338Published: 31st December 2015Genre: ThrillerContent warnings: Drug use, sexual references, attempted suicide Nora hasn't seen Clare for ten years. Not since the day Nora walked out of her old life and never looked back. Until, out of the blue, an invitation to Clare’s hen party arrives. A weekend in a remote cottage - the perfect opportunity for Nora … Continue reading Book Review – In A Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
Pages: 374Published: 26th July 2018Genre: MysteryContent warnings: Depression, suicide Anna has always believed that her mother, Debbie, died 30 years ago on the night she disappeared. But when her father gets a strange note, she realises that she’s never been told the full story of what happened that night on the cliff. Confused and upset, Anna turns to her … Continue reading Book Review – 11 Missed Calls by Elisabeth Carpenter
Pages: 443Published: 28th June 2016Genre: General/Historical FictionContent warnings: Racism, sexual content On a hot July day in 1967, Odelle Bastien climbs the stone steps of the Skelton gallery in London, knowing that her life is about to change forever. Having struggled to find her place in the city since she arrived from Trinidad five years ago, she has … Continue reading Book Review – The Muse by Jessie Burton
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