Latest Reads: The Castaways Lucy Clarke.

It should be like any other holiday. Beautiful beaches.Golden sunsets.Nothing for miles. You’ll never want to leave.Until you can’t… Another brilliantly immersive novel from Lucy Clarke, a tense and emotional psychological thriller featuring a missing plane, a deserted island and an emotive compelling sibling relationship at the heart of it…. Continue reading

Latest Reads: When The Stars Go Dark Paula Mclain.

A detective hiding away from the world. A disappearance that reaches into her past. Anna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective living in San Francisco. When unspeakable tragedy strikes, she turns to the Californian village of Mendocino to grieve. Seeking comfort in the chocolate-box village she grew up in,… Continue reading

Latest Reads: The Cold Vanish Jon Billman.

These are the stories that defy conventional logic. The proverbial vanished without a trace incidences, which happen a lot more (and a lot closer to your backyard) than almost anyone thinks. These are the missing whose situations are the hardest on loved ones left behind.  The Cold Vanish is an… Continue reading

Latest Reads: The Divines Ellie Eaton.

I am Divine.My mother was Divine and her mother before that, which isn’t uncommon.Although that was at a time when being Divine meant something . . . The girls of elite English boarding school, St. John the Divine, were notorious for flipping their hair, harassing teachers, chasing boys and chain-smoking… Continue reading

Latest Reads: The Truants Kate Weinberg.

People disappear when they most want to be seen.  Jess Walker, middle child of a middle class family, has perfected the art of vanishing in plain sight. But when she arrives at a concrete university campus under flat, grey, East Anglian skies, her world flares with colour. Drawn into a… Continue reading

Latest Reads: The Pretenders Agatha Zaza.

‘I’m perfectly happy lying to myself…If it means getting to stay with you.’ Jasper is ready to surprise his brother; Holly is ready to celebrate their engagement. Anne tags along for fear of missing out, and John might just be going for another drink. But Edmund and Ovidia had other… Continue reading

Latest reads Passenger 23 Sebastian Fitzek.

Five years ago Martin Schwarz, a police psychologist, lost his wife and son. They were holidaying on a cruise ship when they simply vanished. A lackluster investigation was unable to shed any light on what happened—murder-suicide being the coroner’s verdict. It is a verdict that has haunted Martin ever since, blighting… Continue reading

Latest Reads: Winter’s Orbit Everina Maxwell.

The Iskat Empire rules its vassal planets through a system of treaties – so when Prince Taam, key figure in a political alliance, is killed, a replacement must be found. His widower, Jainan, is rushed into an arranged marriage with the disreputable aristocrat Kiem, in a bid to keep rising… Continue reading

Latest Reads: As The Shadow Rises Katy Rose Pool.

Katy Rose Pool ‘s showstopping fantasy debut There Will Come a Darkness began an epic tale of thrilling magic, ancient prophecy and five lives who could stop the approaching Age of Darkness – or unleash it. Now the adventure continues in As the Shadow Rises, as the forces of light and darkness collide… Continue reading