Published By: OrionPages: 560Released On: 02/05/2023 The islands of Prospera lie in a vast ocean: in splendid isolation from the rest of humanity, or whatever remains of it. . .Citizens of the main island enjoy privileged lives, attended to by the support staff who live on a cramped neighbouring island, where whispers begin to growContinue reading “The Ferryman – Justin Cronin”
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Midnight – Amy McCulloch
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 384Released On: 22/06/2023 With her life back in London falling apart, Olivia cannot believe her luck when she’s invited on a once-in-a-lifetime Antarctic cruise with her boyfriend, Aaron.Olivia has never been anywhere so spectacular: huge cliffs of ice loom high on the horizon, penguins dive through the sparkling sea, and aboveContinue reading “Midnight – Amy McCulloch”
The House of Whispers – Anna Mazzola
Published By: OrionPages: 268Released On: 06/04/2023 Rome, 1938. As the world teeters on the brink of war, talented pianist Eva Valenti enters the house of widower Dante Cavallera to become his new wife. On the outside, the forces of Fascism are accelerating, but in her new home, Eva fears that something else is at work,Continue reading “The House of Whispers – Anna Mazzola”
Conviction – Jack Jordan
Published By: Simon and SchusterPages: 432Released On: 22/06/2023 Wade Darling stands accused of killing his wife and teenage children as they slept before burning the family home to the ground. When the case lands on barrister Neve Harper’s desk, she knows it could be the career making case she’s been waiting for. But only ifContinue reading “Conviction – Jack Jordan”
Weather Underwater – Kaisa Saarinen
Published By: Bellow PressPages: 232Released On: 15/05/2023 When the whole world is drowning, who can you trust to pull you safely to shore? It is the year 2050. In the UK, people have fled the flooded coastal cities, and daily essentials like drinking water and electricity are rationed by microchip. Mia, a shy orphan, andContinue reading “Weather Underwater – Kaisa Saarinen”
The Last Passenger – Will Dean
Published By: Hodder and StoughtonPages: 496Released On: 11/05/2023 Caz Ripley, a cafe owner from a small, ordinary town, boards the RMS Atlantica with her boyfriend Pete and a thousand fellow passengers destined for New York.The next morning, she wakes to discover that everyone else on board has disappeared.And that’s just the beginning. Caz must prepare for aContinue reading “The Last Passenger – Will Dean”
No-One Saw a Thing – Andrea Mara
Published By: Random HousePages: 400Released On: 11/05/2023 No one saw it happen.You stand on a crowded tube platform in London. Your two little girls jump on the train ahead of you. As you try to join them, the doors slide shut and the train moves away, leaving you behind.Everyone is lying.By the time you getContinue reading “No-One Saw a Thing – Andrea Mara”
The Sweetpea Series – CJ Skuse
SweetpeaPublished By: HQPages: 384Released On: 20/04/2017 In BloomPublished By: HQPages: 384Released On: 09/08/2018 Dead HeadPublished By: HQPages: 480Released On: 18/02/2021 I wasn’t planning on reviewing these books as they were just books for me to read, rather than books set out to be reviewed. But they are just too splendid not to shout about. JustContinue reading “The Sweetpea Series – CJ Skuse”
Looking Glass Sound – Catriona Ward
Published By: ViperPages: 352Released On: 20/04/2023 Writers are monsters. We eat everything we see… In a windswept cottage overlooking the sea, Wilder Harlow begins the last book he will ever write. It is the story of his childhood companions and the shadowy figure of the Daggerman, who stalked the New England town where they spentContinue reading “Looking Glass Sound – Catriona Ward”
Death of a Bookseller – Alice Slater
Published By: Hodder and StoughtonPages: 384Released On: 27/04/2023 Roach – bookseller, loner and true crime obsessive – is not interested in making friends. She has all the company she needs in her serial killer books, murder podcasts and her pet snail, Bleep. That is, until Laura joins the bookshop. Smelling of roses, with her cuteContinue reading “Death of a Bookseller – Alice Slater”
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