Latest Reads: Son of the Storm Suyi Davies Okungbowa.

In the thriving city of Bassa, Danso is a clever but disillusioned scholar who longs for a life beyond the rigid family and political obligations expected of the city’s elite. A way out presents itself when Lilong, a skin-changing warrior, shows up wounded in his barn. She comes from the… Continue reading

Ones to Watch in 2021: Ariadne Jennifer Saint.

As Princesses of Crete and daughters of the fearsome King Minos, Ariadne and her sister Phaedra grow up hearing the hoofbeats and bellows of the Minotaur echo from the Labyrinth beneath the palace. The Minotaur – Minos’s greatest shame and Ariadne’s brother – demands blood every year. When Theseus, Prince… Continue reading

Latest Reads: When The Stars Go Dark Paula Mclain.

A detective hiding away from the world. A disappearance that reaches into her past. Anna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective living in San Francisco. When unspeakable tragedy strikes, she turns to the Californian village of Mendocino to grieve. Seeking comfort in the chocolate-box village she grew up in,… 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: 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

Ones to Watch in 2021. Vanished James Delargy.

Lorcan and Naiyana are desperate to move their young family far away from the hustle and bustle of modern city life. The abandoned town of Kallayee seems like the perfect getaway: no one has lived there for decades. It will be peaceful. Quiet. Secure. But life in Kallayee isn’t quite… Continue reading

Best of the week. One to watch in 2021 Fragile Sarah Hilary.

Everything she touches breaks . . . Nell Ballard is a runaway. A former foster child with a dark secret she is desperate to keep, all Nell wants is to find a place she can belong. So when a job comes up at Starling Villas, home to the enigmatic Robin… Continue reading