Ones to watch in July: Such A Quiet Place Megan Miranda.

There was no warning that she would come back. Welcome to Hollow’s Edge – a picture-perfect neighbourhood where everyone has each other’s backs. At least, that’s how it used to be, until the night Brandon and Fiona Truett were found dead… Two years ago, branded a grifter, thief and sociopath… Continue reading

Ones to Watch in 2021: For The Wolf Hannah Whitten.

The first daughter is for the Throne.The second daughter is for the Wolf. As the only Second Daughter born in centuries, Red has one purpose-to be sacrificed to the Wolf in the Wood in the hope he’ll return the world’s captured gods. Red is almost relieved to go. Plagued by… Continue reading

Latest Reads: Fortune Favours The Dead Stephen Spotswood.

New York, 1946. Lillian Pentecost is the most successful private detective in the city, but her health is failing. She hires an assistant to help with the investigative legwork. Willowjean Parker is a circus runaway. Quick-witted and street-smart, she’s a jack-of-all-trades with a unique skill-set. She can pick locks blindfolded,… Continue reading

Review Catch Up. Valse Triste Marcello Fois.

When Michelangelo, a young autistic child, goes missing, Commissario Sergio Striggio is put in charge of the investigation. Searches turn up nothing, but there is an interesting connection with the mother’s past: when she was a child, her twin brother also went missing, never to be found. However, Striggio is… Continue reading

Latest Reads: I Know What I Saw Imran Mahmood.

I saw it. He smothered her, pressing his hands on her face. The police don’t believe me, they say it’s impossible – but I know what I saw. This is Xander Shute: once a wealthy banker, now living on the streets. As he shelters for the night in an empty… Continue reading

Latest Reads: Dog Rose Dirt Jen Williams. Ones to watch in 2021.

Once upon a time there was a red wolf. But this is no fairy tale. He was a killer. A convicted murderer with a story to tell Serial killer Michael Reave – known as The Red Wolf – has been locked in Belmarsh Prison for over 20 years for the brutal and… Continue reading

Latest Reads: The Disappearing Act Florence De Changy.

‘The affair was weird when seen from afar, but seen in close-up, it was Kafkaesque: it was not possible in 2014 for a Boeing 777 to have simply disappeared…’ A remarkable piece of investigative journalism into one of the most pervasive and troubling mysteries of recent memory. 01:20am, 8 March… Continue reading