After her husband tricks her into leaving the marital home so he can move in a younger woman and file for divorce, Naomi is determined not to let him get away with it. Convinced his new girlfriend is only interested in his money, and that she has a history of targeting older men, Naomi sets out to prove that her husband has made a terrible mistake and that he would be far better off back with her.
But, as ever with Freida McFadden, nothing is quite as straightforward as a gold-digging mistress and a jilted wife. Secrets quickly begin to ... View Full Review
Told in the first person from the perspective of Bo, an elderly man increasingly dependent on others, and interspersed with entries from his carers’ log, When the Cranes Fly South explores what happens when ageing begins to take away not only independence, but also choice.
Bo’s adult son is pushing him towards some life-changing decisions, convinced that his father is no longer capable of managing certain aspects of his own life, including looking after his beloved dog. At first, the relationship can appear simple: a curmudgeonly old man resisting change and an interfering, seemingly heartless son ... View Full Review
Decades after being imprisoned for the murder of Ethan’s detective father, Francis makes Ethan an extraordinary offer: crucial information that could help solve both a ten-year-old cold case and a current missing-person investigation, in exchange for a transfer to a lower-security prison.
Working alongside his terminally ill former partner, Ethan races to uncover the truth while trying to understand how Francis could possibly know so much about crimes committed while he was safely behind bars. As more bodies begin to surface and the pressure mounts, Ethan is forced to confront not only Francis’s secrets, but disturbing ... View Full Review
Seventeen years after making the heartbreaking decision to give up her baby for adoption in the hope of giving her a better life, Sabina is unexpectedly contacted and asked to provide a DNA sample when the daughter she relinquished goes missing. As she becomes increasingly drawn into the search, Sabina begins to question everything she once believed. Was adoption really the better choice for her daughter, and can the family who raised her be trusted?
A prequel to Ask for Andrea, Forget You Saw Her delivers the same haunting supernatural elements that made that novel so memorable, with a ... View Full Review
During a morning run through the remote forests of the Frank Church wilderness, former Olympic biathlon hopeful Miley is kidnapped by a father and son pair of preppers and taken to their isolated, off-grid home for sinister purposes.
As Miley fights to stay strong, using her wits to outmanoeuvre her captors and seize every possible opportunity to escape, those searching for her must draw on their long-honed hunting, tracking and wilderness skills to survive the unforgiving terrain and gradually close in on her location.
Spooky, atmospheric and relentlessly tense, Gray After Dark is a gripping tale of survival and ... View Full Review
With a fascinating backdrop to the New England vampire panic of the 18th and 19th centuries this novel is set in 1999 though feels ultra modern in tone. As she starts college, Mallory Webb is haunted by a spirit linked to her mother's death and determines to find answers. This is likely to appeal to young adults due to the age of the characters, before you start though, do be aware that this contains sensitive themes including suicide, suicidal thoughts, and coercion as well as the horror elements and two steamy sex scenes. The location of a former sanitarium turned college ... View Full Review
A wonderful premise leads this debut fantasy; management of the worlds monsters falls to the organisation Entity, when two of their employers go in search of a missing warden in the Appalachian Mountains they stumble into the world of the Hollow Walker. This is the start of a series and introduces HR caseworker Alexys who manages District 13 and four wardens, and Director of Research and Categorisation Nic. Author Grace Viall has created a wonderful setting, the mountains come alive with folklore and atmosphere ensuring a deliciously unsettling tone. A slow-burn romance sits alongside some more breezy moments which changes a ... View Full Review
Body of Lies is a phenomenal conclusion to the Kat and Lock series. Jo Callaghan has never shied away from killing off major characters, so in this final instalment, nobody feels safe. As AIDE Lock and DCS Kat Frank work together to stop a cyberattack on the national grid, they're forced to question everyone they know, and every rule they thought they were playing by. The novel is full of clever foreshadowing that I didn't fully appreciate until everything clicked into place during the heart-wrenching finale. View Full Review
OK, I might be bending the genre boundary a little bit with this one but it’s the 50th anniversary of the film adaptation (with Sissy Spacek in the title role) this year, so it feels fitting to include the story of Carrie White, a bullied teenager with the gift of telekinesis. To be invited to prom night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie, the first step towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues. But events take a horrifying turn on that deadly night as she is forced to exercise her terrible gift on ... View Full Review
A brilliantly claustrophobic closed-circle thriller set in a single location – a snowed-in highway rest stop in the wilds of Colorado. Student Darby Thorne is stranded and has resigned herself to spending the night waiting out the blizzard with four complete strangers – until she stumbles across a little girl locked in a cage inside one of their parked cars. There is no mobile reception, no telephone, no way out because of the snow, and she doesn’t know which one of the other travellers is the kidnapper…
This is a no-frills, no-holds-barred rollercoaster of a read, with ... View Full Review
Plenty of books fit into the ‘Small town, big secrets’ genre, but for my money this is one of the best. Set in the poorest part of the Missouri Ozarks, the story follows Eve Taggert as she sets out on an all-consuming quest for justice after her daughter is found murdered on the town playground next to the body of her best friend. Eve is a mother with nothing left to lose and her search for the killer leads her into the very darkest depths of the human psyche.
The small, hardscrabble town of Barren Springs is brilliantly ... View Full Review
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Dante Spence is the star quarterback with a secret. He can’t risk anything ruining his chances to make the draft next year. When a failing grade threatens his carefully laid plans, he's assigned a tutor: Savannah Cole, top of the class. Savannah appears to be the perfect overachiever. She plays the part, but she has her own secrets too. They could be each other’s downfall, but both seem unable to stay away. Is following their hearts worth risking their future?
This is a sports romance with an edge. Dante’s determination to ... View Full Review
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