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

Latest Reads: You Me and the Sea Elizabeth Haynes.

Rachel is at crisis point. A series of disastrous decisions has left her with no job, no home, and no faith in herself. But an unexpected job offer takes her to a remote Scottish island, and it feels like a chance to recover and mend her battered self-esteem. The island’s… Continue reading

Ones to watch in 2021. Missing Pieces Tim Weaver.

Rebekah Murphy knows too much. . . She knows she’s alone on an abandoned island with a killer on her trail.She knows that to get home to her children, she must survive long enough to understand why this is happening.She knows someone tried to kill her for a secret.What she… Continue reading

Pick of the week: Future Perfect Felicia Yap (Ones to watch in 2021)

What if today was your last day… A bomb has exploded during a fashion show, killing a beautiful model on the catwalk. The murderer is still at large… and he may strike again. Yet this is the least of Police Commissioner Christian Verger’s worries. His fiancée Viola has left him…. Continue reading

Ones to watch in 2021: The Last Girl Goldy Moldavsky.

Scream meets Gossip Girl with a dash of One of Us is Lying! When it comes to horror movies, the rules are clear:– Avoid abandoned buildings, warehouses, and cabins at all times.– Stay together: don’t split up, not even just to “check something out.…– If there’s a murderer on the loose,… Continue reading

Latest Reads: The Lamplighters Emma Stonex.

They say we’ll never know what happened to those men. They say the sea keeps its secrets… Cornwall, 1972. Three keepers vanish from a remote lighthouse, miles from the shore. The entrance door is locked from the inside. The clocks have stopped. The Principal Keeper’s weather log describes a mighty… Continue reading

Latest Reads Radio Life Derek B Miller.

When Lilly was first Chief Engineer at The Commonwealth, nearly fifty years ago, the Central Archive wasn’t yet the greatest repository of knowledge in the known world, protected by scribes copying every piece of found material – books, maps, even scraps of paper – and disseminating them by Archive Runners… Continue reading

Latest Reads: Plain Bad Heroines Emily M Danforth.

1902, Brookhants School for Girls: students Flo and Clara are madly in love with each other, as well as completely obsessed with The Story of Mary MacLane, the scandalous debut memoir by 19 year old MacLane. A few months later they are found dead in the woods, after a horrific wasp, the… Continue reading