Pages: 303Published: 12th January 2017Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Flora has anterograde amnesia. She can't remember anything day-to-day: the joke her friend made, the instructions her parents gave her, how old she is. Then she kisses a boy named Drake, and the next day she remembers it. It's the first time she's remembered anything since she was ten. … Continue reading Book Review – The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr
Pages: 434Published: 12th July 2018Genre: Crime Thriller A woman and child are found locked in a basement room, barely alive. No one knows who they are - the woman can't speak, and there are no missing persons reports that match their profile. The elderly man who owns the house claims he has never seen them before. The … Continue reading Book Review – In The Dark by Cara Hunter
Pages: 380Published: 6th March 2018Genre: Crime Thriller Last night, 8-year-old Daisy Mason disappeared from her parents' summer party. No one in the quiet suburban street saw anything - or at least that's what they're saying. DI Adam Fawley is trying to keep an open mind. But he knows that nine times out of ten, it's someone the … Continue reading Book Review – Close To Home by Cara Hunter
Pages: 372Published: 29th May 2012Genre: Mystery The letter that turns Tommie McCloud’s world upside down arrives from a stranger only days after her father’s death. The woman who wrote it claims that Tommie is her daughter—and that she was kidnapped as a baby thirty-one years ago. Tommie wants to believe it’s all a hoax, but suddenly a … Continue reading Book Review – Playing Dead by Julia Heaberlin
Pages: 302Published: 2nd October 2017Genre: Non-fiction The Trauma Cleaner is the story of one woman's extraordinary life in death, decay and disaster, told by Sarah Krasnostein. Before she was a trauma cleaner, Sandra Pankhurst was many things: husband and father, drag queen, gender reassignment patient, sex worker, small businesswoman. But as a little boy, raised in violence and … Continue reading Book Review – The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein
Pages: 251Published: 26th November 2017Genre: Comedy Tom's marriage is faltering. His attractive, younger wife Kim is having an affair with her boss, and his teenage daughter Penny is embarrassed by him. One day Tom allows a chemist to shoot him up with a serum that will age him backward slowly. When he looks 25, he returns from … Continue reading Book Review – Younger Every Day by Rob Santana
Pages: 320Published: 2nd March 2017Genre: Young Adult Thriller Mae feels lucky to have grown up at Hummingbird Creek, an elite wellnessretreat where rich teens with psychological problems canget the help they need from her father, a prominent psychiatrist. The Creek has world-class cuisine, a state-of-the-art sports centreand the latest spa treatments. Every aspect of daily life is … Continue reading Book Review – See How They Lie by Sue Wallman
Pages: 263Published: 3rd March 2016Genre: Psychological Thriller With her fiancee Marc away ahead of her 40th birthday, Sophie is sleeping alone when she is visited by a man who hands her an envelope and threatens her, saying that if she does not open it at precisely 8pm the following evening, he would harm her and her family. … Continue reading Book Review – You Sent Me a Letter by Lucy Dawson
Pages: 367Published: 31st January 2017Genre: Paranormal Thriller Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar and sparks fly. Though he leaves after they kiss, she’s thrilled she finally connected with someone. When Louise arrives at work on Monday, she meets her … Continue reading Book Review – Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
Pages: 400Published: 2nd July 2018Genre: Mystery/Legal Thriller Martha Blackwater and her sister Rebecca were best friends. They shared everything with each other and had a perfect sibling relationship. But now, Rebecca is on trial accused of the murder of Martha's eight-week old daughter, Layla. Martha does not know what to think. She wants justice for Layla, but … Continue reading Book Review – No Further Questions by Gillian McAllister
