Latest Reads: The Body in the Ice – A J Mackenzie

Publication Date: Available Now from Bonnier Source: Review Copy. Christmas Day, Kent, 1796 On the frozen fields of Romney Marsh stands New Hall; silent, lifeless, deserted. In its grounds lies an unexpected Christmas offering: a corpse, frozen into the ice of a horse pond. It falls to the Reverend Hardcastle,… Continue reading

Latest Reads: Friends and Liars Kaela Coble

Publication Date: 1st June from Corvus Source: Netgalley It has been ten years since Ruby left her hometown behind. Since then she’s built a life away from her recovering alcoholic mother and her first love, Murphy. But when Danny, one of her estranged friends from childhood, commits suicide, guilt draws… Continue reading

Latest Reads: The Mayfly by James Hazel.

Publication Date: 15th June from Bonnier Zaffre Source: Netgalley It’s happening again. A mutilated body discovered in the woods. A murderous plan conceived in the past. A reckoning seventy years in the making . . . Charlie Priest, ex-detective inspector turned London lawyer, is hired by influential entrepreneur Kenneth Ellinder… Continue reading

Latest Reads: Penance Kanae Minato

Publication Date: Available Now from Mulholland Source: Netgalley When they were children, Sae, Maki, Akiko and Yuko were tricked into separating from their friend Emily by a mysterious stranger. Then the unthinkable occurs: Emily is found murdered hours later. Sae, Maki, Akiko and Yuko weren’t able to accurately describe the… Continue reading

Latest Reads: My Sister by Michelle Adams

Publication Date: 20th April from Headline Source: Review Copy Two Sisters: You don’t get to choose your family. She thought she’d never go back home. But there’s something in her sister’s voice she just can’t refuse. And hasn’t it always been that way? What her sister asks, she does …. Continue reading

Latest Reads: The Power Naomi Alderman

Publication Date: Available Now from Penguin (Viking) Source: Purchased Copy (based on a recommendation from Sam Eades) In The Power the world is a recognisable place: there’s a rich Nigerian kid who larks around the family pool; a foster girl whose religious parents hide their true nature; a local American… Continue reading

Latest Reads: The Lucky Ones Mark Edwards.

Publication Date: June 15th from Thomas and Mercer (one to watch) Source: Netgalley It was the happiest day of her life. Little did she know it was also the last. When a woman’s body is found in the grounds of a ruined priory, Detective Imogen Evans realises she is dealing… Continue reading