Latest Reads: Ones to Watch in 2020. Long Bright River Liz Moore

Some police look the other way when a sex worker is murdered. But Mickey can’t – because her sister could be next. If you’re looking for drugs or sex in Philadelphia, Kensington Ave is the place to go. Police officer Mickey Fitzpatrick has been working the 24th District for years. She knows most of… Continue reading

Latest Reads: The Ten Thousand Doors of January Alix E Harrow.

EVERY STORY OPENS A DOOR In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored and utterly out of place. But her quiet… Continue reading

Latest Reads: Alice Teale Is Missing H A Linskey.

As usual, seventeen-year-old Alice Teale walked out of school at the end of a bright spring day. She’s not been seen since. Alice was popular and well-liked, and her boyfriend, friends and family are desperate to find her. But when the police start asking questions, it becomes clear that almost… Continue reading

Latest Reads: Trance Adam Southward.

Three university scientists are found dead in a gruesome murder-suicide, and the only suspect in the case, Victor Lazar, is quickly captured. When the spate of violent suicides follows him to prison he is moved to solitary confinement, reserved for the highest-risk inmates. And then his assigned psychologist inexplicably takes… Continue reading

Latest Reads: Heaven, My Home Attica Locke.

When the young son of an Aryan Brotherhood of Texas gang captain goes missing, Ranger Darren Matthews has no choice but to investigate the crime. Following the election of Donald Trump, a new wave of racial violence has swept the state. Dark, swampy and filled with skeletal trees, Caddo Lake… Continue reading

Latest Reads: The Cruel Stars John Birmingham.

Everybody thought the Sturm were dead, engulfed by the Dark. They were wrong. Centuries after their defeat, the enemy has returned with an overwhelming attack on the fringes of human space. On the brink of annihilation, humankind’s only hope is a few brave souls who survived the initial onslaught: Commander… Continue reading

Latest Reads: Clear My Name Paula Daly.

Innocent? When Carrie was accused of brutally murdering her husband’s lover, she denied it. She denied it when they arrested her, when they put her in front of a jury, and when they sent her to prison.  Now she’s three years into a fifteen-year sentence, away from the daughter she… Continue reading

Latest Reads: The Boy Tami Hoag.

MOTHER. LIAR. MURDERER? In the sleepy Lousiana town of Bayou Breaux, a mother runs to her neighbour – bloody and hysterical. The police arrive to find Genevieve Gauthier cradling her seven-year-old son in her arms as he bleeds to death. Detective Nick Fourcade finds no evidence of a break-in. His… Continue reading