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: 484Published: 12th July 2018Genre: MysteryContent warnings: Sexual references, suicide, domestic violence Melville Heights is one of the nicest neighbourhoods in Bristol, England; home to doctors and lawyers and old-money academics. It’s not the sort of place where people are brutally murdered in their own kitchens. But it is the sort of place where everyone has a secret. … Continue reading Book Review – Watching You by Lisa Jewell
Pages: 354Published: 12th June 2017Genre: Domestic ThrillerTrigger warnings: Drug use, sexual content, suicide A fifteen-year-old girl has gone missing. They say Poppy O’Farrell has run away from her celebrity parents, and the media is in a frenzy. But none of this has anything to do with successful lifestyle blogger Estelle Forster . . . So why would someone … Continue reading Book Review – Her Last Breath by Tracy Buchanan
Pages: 422Published: 18th April 2019Genre: Legal ThrillerContent warnings: Drug references It's the day her father will be released from jail. Izzy English has every reason to feel conflicted - he's the man who gave her a childhood filled with happy memories. But he has also just served seventeen years for the murder of her mother. Now, Izzy's … Continue reading Book Review – The Evidence Against You by Gillian McAllister
Pages: 303Published: 27th December 2018Genre: MysteryContent warnings: Domestic violence, child death, sexual references Rumour has it that a notorious child killer is living under a new identity, in their sleepy little town of Flinstead-on-Sea. Sally McGowan was just ten years old when she stabbed little Robbie Harris to death forty-eight years ago - no photos of her exist … Continue reading Book Review – The Rumour by Lesley Kara
Pages: 505Published: 8th February 2018Trigger warnings: Child death, drug references At a gala party thrown by her parents, Evelyn Hardcastle will be killed--again. She's been murdered hundreds of times, and each day, Aiden Bishop is too late to save her. But every time the day begins again, Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest. And … Continue reading Book Review – The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Pages: 291Published: 26th July 2018Trigger warning: PTSD A remote lodge in upstate New York is the perfect getaway. . . until the bodies start piling up.It's winter in the Catskills and the weather outside is frightful. But Mitchell's Inn is so delightful! The cosy lodge nestled deep in the woods is perfect for a relaxing--maybe even romantic--weekend away. … Continue reading Book Review – An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena
Pages: 436Published: 9th March 2017Genre: MysteryContent warnings: Sexual assault, drug use In Surrey, Lily Monrose has only been married for three weeks. When her new husband fails to come home from work one night she is left stranded in a new country where she knows no one. Meanwhile, in East Yorkshire, Alice Lake finds a man on the beach … Continue reading Book Review – I Found You by Lisa Jewell
Pages: 293Published: 1st October 2017Genre: MysteryTrigger warnings: Missing person storyline, sexual assault I read this book as a buddy read with my friend Gem @ Glimpsing Gembles, and I have to thank her once again for our lengthy, insightful discussions. We were both gripped by this book! When Ella Longfield overhears two attractive young men flirting with teenage … Continue reading Book Review – I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll
Pages: 260Published: 4th June 2015Genre: General Fiction/MysteryContent warnings: Suicide, drug use John Venton's drunken fall from a Devon cliff leaves his family with an embarrassing ghost. His twin children, Morwenna and Corwin, flee in separate directions to take up their adult lives. Their mother, enraged by years of unhappy marriage, embraces merry widowhood. Only their grandfather … Continue reading Book Review – The House At The Edge Of The World by Julia Rochester
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