Latest Reads: The Cinderella Plan Abi Silver.

When James Salisbury, the owner of a British car manufacturer, ploughs his `self-drive’ car into a young family, the consequences are deadly. Will the car’s `black box’ reveal what really happened or will the industry, poised to launch these products to an eager public, close ranks to cover things up?… Continue reading

Latest Reads: The Slaughter Man Cassandra Parkin.

When her identical twin Laurel dies, seventeen-year-old Willow s life falls apart. With her parents marriage faltering, she finds escape at her uncle Joe s cottage. But even as they begin to know each other, Willow is plagued with memories of her sister. Then, Lucas arrives in her life troubled,… Continue reading

Latest Reads: Deep State Chris Hauty.

Set in present day Washington, D.C., with all of that city’s current political drama, polarization, ferocious turf battles and paranoia-inducing intrigue, Deep State introduces 25-year-old West Wing intern and ex-Army veteran, Hayley Chill. Hayley discovers the body of the White House chief of staff on his kitchen floor and a… Continue reading

Latest Reads: The Burning Men Will Shindler.

When a development in South London catches fire mid-construction, a close-knit team of fire fighters runs in to save a man spotted at the window. They come out without a body. They quit the service. They plan never to speak to each other again. Five years later one of them… Continue reading

Latest Reads: The Swallows Lisa Lutz.

When Alexandra Witt arrives at Stonebridge Academy and insists on moving into a ramshackle cottage in the woods, curiosity among the student body and the staff skyrockets. Who is this young teacher who came here alone, dresses like the kids, and left her last school under a cloud of speculation?… Continue reading

Latest Reads: A Rush of Blood David Mark.

When her friend Meda fails to turn up for dance class one evening, 10-year-old Hilda is convinced that something bad has happened to her, despite Meda’s family’s reassurances. Unable to shake off her concerns, Hilda turns to her mother, Molly, for help. Molly runs the Jolly Bonnet, a pub with… Continue reading

Latest Reads: A Stranger In My Grave Margaret Millar.

A nightmare is haunting Daisy Harker. Night after night she walks a strange cemetery in her dreams, until she comes to a grave that stops her in her tracks. It’s Daisy’s own, and according to the dates on the gravestone she’s been dead for four years.  What can this nightmare… Continue reading

Latest Reads: Silver Chris Hammer.

For half a lifetime, journalist Martin Scarsden has run from his past. But now there is no escaping. He’d vowed never to return to his hometown, Port Silver, and its traumatic memories. But now his new partner, Mandy Blonde, has inherited an old house in the seaside town and Martin… Continue reading

Latest Reads: One to watch in 2020.The Temple House Vanishing Rachel Donohue.

Twenty-five years ago, a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl and her charismatic teacher disappeared without trace… In an elite Catholic girls’ boarding-school the pupils live under the repressive, watchful gaze of the nuns. Seeking to break from the cloistered atmosphere two of the students – Louisa and Victoria – quickly become infatuated with… Continue reading

Latest Reads: The Family Upstairs Lisa Jewell.

In a large house in London’s fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up.  In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily scrawled note.  They’ve been dead for several days…. Continue reading