Ask For Andrea follows three murdered women whose lives were cut short after seemingly ordinary encounters with the same man.
Brecia was murdered two years ago while putting out her bins after rejecting a man she met on a dating app. Since then, she has spent her afterlife haunting her killer.
Meghan was killed in the woods on a dating app date a year earlier, left trapped in limbo where she died.
Skye was murdered after accepting a lift from a charming customer, and now lingers around her grieving mother, who cannot see or hear her.
When the three girls ... View Full Review
If you are on the hunt for a romance that centres on the couple and is up front and personal then step this way. Professional bull rider Emmett agrees to star in a reality dating show to save the family ranch, however the woman to catch his eye is Julia, the location consultant and sister of his longtime rival. Author Elsie Silver is a Sunday Times bestselling author, this novel is her first in a new Western Romance series that centres around Emerald Lake. The romance in Fever Dream is forbidden, hot, and steamy even as a mutual respect grows ... View Full Review
Before diving in, it’s important to know that The Dinner Party isn’t the typical page-turner we’ve come to expect from Freida McFadden, and that’s entirely the point. This book could hitch a ride on the Artemis II spacecraft and still be closer to Earth than it is to a traditional psychological thriller.
Instead, it leans fully into satire. Much like a parody film that pokes fun at horror tropes, this short, choose-your-own-adventure story exaggerates familiar thriller and horror clichés to absurd extremes. The result is a collection of grisly, ridiculous, ... View Full Review
France Quinn is the queen of writing brilliantly addictive, uplifting stories of the underdog triumphing over adversity. I have loved all of her novels, but her latest, The Lost Passenger, is one of her best, and one where you will be routing for her unconventional heroine with every turn of the page.
Elinor Coombes is the daughter of a rich, self-made businessman. She thinks she is living in her very own fairytale when she attracts the attentions of the son of an aristocrat. But once married, she soon discovers the love match she thought she was making, is something ... View Full Review
Continuing the artist theme, my next recommendation is a book written by a wonderfully talented writer of historical fiction, Elizabeth Fremantle. This time, based on the true story of a real female artist.
This is an exquisitely written novel, set in 17th century Rome about the extraordinary painter, Artemisia Gentileschi. Extraordinary because she was working at a time when women were mere chattels and to attempt to make her mark, to compete in a man's world and to go against her father's wishes was a dangerous game.
Artemisia is the daughter of an artist. She grows up with ... View Full Review
I was gifted a copy of this stunning debut novel for Christmas last year, so it is a recent read for me, but it will stay with me for a very long time. It is set in a beautifully drawn rural 1920’s Provence, where the echoes of the first world war still resound.
Joseph, an aspiring art journalist travels to a remote farmhouse deep in the sweltering hot countryside on the invitation of the famous, reclusive and volatile Tartuffe, to watch him work. He hopes this will be the making of him. There he encounters the silent and ... View Full Review
Human Remains is the third instalment in Jo Callaghan’s modern-day crime series following DCS Kat Frank and her AI sidekick, Lock.
Tasked with investigating two cold-case murders that appear connected despite being separated by almost a century, the team must reconcile cutting-edge technology with the deeply human realities of police work. Lock’s ultra-modern approach to AI policing provides a fascinating counterpoint to the emotional lives of the officers, often comically objective, yet by now a well-loved presence. In this instalment, AIDE Lock wants a body of his own, and he is prepared to use every capability ... View Full Review
A woman finds herself serving on a jury tasked with deciding whether responsibility for a fatal crash lies with a deceased passenger or the autonomous car itself. While distracted by thoughts of the seemingly perfect man she met on a night out, events escalate dramatically when eight people in self-driving cars are taken hostage by hackers determined to expose these vehicles as far from the infallible, ultra-safe inventions they’re claimed to be.
The public is forced to vote on which of the eight passengers deserves to live, based on only fragments of information, an impossible moral dilemma that ... View Full Review
In this follow-up to The End of the World Running Club, we follow Ed’s wife, Beth, as she searches for her young children after being forcibly separated from them. With help from a few familiar faces, she travels by land and sea through a lawless new world. Packed with Bryce’s hilarious quips and Beth’s refreshingly straight-talking voice, this is a fun yet harrowing post-apocalyptic adventure that balances heart, humour, and survival. View Full Review
Alice Feeney’s I Know Who You Are is a twisty thriller that cleverly interweaves dual timelines: Amy as a successful adult actress, and a young girl of different names who was kidnapped decades earlier. When her husband goes missing, Amy quickly becomes the prime suspect, just as she’s struggling to keep her acting career on track. As she tries to uncover who’s been stalking her, the novel probes her unsettling habit of forgetting the worst things she’s done, raising the chilling question of whether her fractured memory is at the heart of ... View Full Review
The fourth romantasy instalment in the Blood and Ash series throws Poppy into a brutal showdown with the Blood Queen. Bursting with epic battles, graphic romance, and a sprawling cast of morally complex beings, the story raises the stakes further with thrilling crossovers from the Flesh and Fire companion prequel series. View Full Review
In another top-class thriller, Gillian McAllister uses clever narrative techniques to conceal the truth until a stunning final reveal. A missing person, a hidden crime, and a cast of morally grey characters combine to create a genuinely jaw-dropping read. View Full Review
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