Ones to Watch in 2017 – One Of Us Is Lying – Karen M.McManus

Publication Date: June 2017 from Penguin Randomhouse UK Childrens Source: Netgalley Pay close attention and you might solve this. On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.     Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.     Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess…. Continue reading

February Book Watch: Close Your Eyes – Nicci Cloke

Publication Date: 23rd Feb from Bonnier Zaffre (Hot Key Books) Source: Netgalley Southfield High School is oh so normal, with its good teachers, its bad, and its cliques. But despite the cliques, there’s a particular group of friends who have known each other forever and know that they can rely… Continue reading

From the Purchased Pile: A Head Full of Ghosts – Paul Tremblay

Publication Date: Available Now from Titan Books Source: Purchased copy The lives of the Barretts, a suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia. To her parents despair, the doctors are unable to halt Marjorie’s descent into madness. As their stable… Continue reading

Latest Reads: Perfect Remains – Helen Fields

Publication Date: 26th January from Avon Source: Netgalley On a remote Highland mountain, the body of Elaine Buxton is burning. All that will be left to identify the respected lawyer are her teeth and a fragment of clothing. In the concealed back room of a house in Edinburgh, the real… Continue reading

April Book Watch: Waking Gods – Sylvain Neuvel.

Publication Date: April 2017 from Randomhouse Del Rey (US) and Penguin Michael Joseph (UK) Source: Review Copy (Del Ray) As a child, Rose Franklin made an astonishing discovery: a giant metallic hand, buried deep within the earth. As an adult, she’s dedicated her brilliant scientific career to solving the mystery… Continue reading

Latest Reads: The Graces – Laure Eve

Publication Date: Available Now from Faber and Faber Source: Purchased Copy Everyone said the Graces were witches. They moved through the corridors like sleek fish, ripples in their wake. Stares followed their backs and their hair. They had friends, but they were just distractions. They were waiting for someone different…. Continue reading

April Book Watch: A Dangerous Crossing. Rachel Rhys

Publication Date: April 2017 from Transworld Source: Review Copy It was a first class deception that would change her life forever 1939, Europe on the brink of war. Lily Shepherd leaves England on an ocean liner for Australia, escaping her life of drudgery for new horizons. She is instantly seduced… Continue reading

April Book Watch: The Killer on the Wall – Emma Kavanagh.

Publication Date: 20th April from Randomhouse UK Cornerstone Source: Netgalley The first body comes as a shock The second brings horror The third signals the beginning of a nightmare When fifteen-year-old Isla Bell finds three bodies propped against Hadrian’s Wall, her whole world falls apart. In such a close-knit community,… Continue reading

One Sitting Read: Let The Dead Speak – Jane Casey.

Publication Date: 9th March 2017 from Harper Collins. Source: Review Copy When eighteen-year-old Chloe Emery returns to her West London home she finds her mother missing, the house covered in blood. Everything points to murder, except for one thing: there s no sign of the body. London detective Maeve Kerrigan… Continue reading

Latest Read: My Best Friends Exorcism – Grady Hendrix.

Publication Date: Available Now from Quirk Books Source: Purchased Copy Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fifth grade, when they bonded over a shared love of E.T., roller-skating parties, and scratch-and-sniff stickers. But when they arrive at high school, things change. Gretchen begins to act…different. And as the… Continue reading