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This month's 'featured books'
Reader Reviewed Books
Borne Jeff VanderMeer
Finch, the last VanderMeer that I read, was referred to as
‘fungal noir’, a wonderful phrase. With that in mind
Borne could be…
The Scattering Kimberly McCreight
In a nutshell: gripping adventure that keeps readers tense and
guessing As revealed in the first book in this spell-binding
series, Wylie is one of…
Woman of State Simon Berthon
July 2017 Debut of the Month and eBook of the Month. A fascinating,
intelligent and penetrating political thriller set in Belfast,
Dublin and…
Persons Unknown Susie Steiner
July 2017 Book of the Month. Manon Bradshaw of Missing, Presumed is
back only she is now pregnant, attached to the Cambridgeshire
police but working…
The Fireman Joe Hill
Tales of overwhelming pandemics striking our world are like buses:
you wait for ages and all of a sudden, like a plague, they all
emerge at the same…
The Other Twin L. V. Hay
July 2017 Debut of the Month. Slickly suspenseful Brighton-set
thriller in which the darkest recesses of human nature and social
media are exposed…
This month's 'featured books'
2017 CWA Daggers
Ragdoll Daniel Cole
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. A
simply sensational and thrilling debut! Met police detectives
William Oliver…
Sirens Joseph Knox
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017.
Justifiably already highly-praised, this debut by a young
Manchester author deserves…
The Watcher Ross Armstrong
Longlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. A
clever first novel with a sinister setting in London where blocks
of flats are being…
What You Don't Know JoAnn Chaney
Longlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. Serial
killer novels come and go, mostly exploitative as well as
repetitive, but this…
Distress Signals Catherine Ryan Howard
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. When
Adam's girlfriend fails to return from a business trip, he sets out
to find her -…
Himself Jess Kidd
June 2017 Debut of the Month. Longlisted for the CWA John Creasey
(New Blood) Dagger 2017. Dublin-wise, orphaned young man goes in
search of his…
This month's 'featured books'
If You Like...You'll Love
The Second Sister Claire Kendal
A sublimely intense, and heart-pumping psychological thriller. Ten
years on from the disappearance of her older sister, Ella begins to
uncover some…
The Keeper of Lost Things Ruth Hogan
Oh my, this is totally and completely gorgeous, in fact, an
absolute treasure! An author leaves all his worldly possessions,
and a hoard of lost…
Where Dead Men Meet Mark Mills
Absolutely thrilling… this is a fast-paced, firecracker of a
read, set in Europe as the Second World War is brewing. Why is Luke
Hamilton,…
The Invitation Lucy Foley
A sophisticated, expressive, and emotional story set in the
glamorous Italian film promotion world of the 1950’s. Hal and
Stella meet at a…
The Difference a Day Makes Carole Matthews
A really lovely feel-good read about two professional townies,
William and Amy, who chuck it all in and decamp to Yorkshire with
their children.…
The Postcard Fern Britton
Penny is a TV producer who, when filming in Cornwall, met and fell
in love with the local vicar. Now, five years and a small child
later, life…
Golden Hill Francis Spufford
Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize 2017. Inventively entertaining,
niftily plotted first novel set in New York during the
city’s…
The Party Elizabeth Day
July 2017 Book of the Month. The party is where it all unravels and
where the dark secret between rich, aristocratic Ben and poor,
middle-class…
Borne Jeff VanderMeer
Finch, the last VanderMeer that I read, was referred to as
‘fungal noir’, a wonderful phrase. With that in mind
Borne could be…
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