Books with reviews by our Reader Review Panel
Informative, candid and trusted, book reviews by our own book experts are unique to Lovereading. But within our loyal members and browsers of Lovereading are also prolific readers with years of experience and a real passion for sharing their love of books. So, we decided to invite them to join the Lovereading Reader Review Panel. All the titles in this category have been selected and reviewed by our own Lovereading editorial experts but also reviewed by members of our Reader Review Panel, a panel of book lovers across the UK.
Books of the Month
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All the Missing Girls Megan Miranda August 2017 Book of the Month A clever, suspense-filled story told in reverse, from day 15 through to day 1, and boy does the premise work! Nicolette returns home after a letter from her dementia-ravaged father suggests an answer to... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/08/2017 
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Then She Was Gone Lisa Jewell August 2017 Book of the Month THEN - She was fifteen, her mother's golden girl. She had her whole life ahead of her. And then, in the blink of an eye, Ellie was gone. NOW - it's been ten years... Format: Hardback - Released: 27/07/2017
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The Party Elizabeth Day The party is where it all unravels and where the dark secret between rich, aristocratic Ben and poor, middle-class Martin is exposed. We are kept very much in the dark about the secret until nearly the end of the book.... Format: Hardback - Released: 13/07/2017
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The Good Daughter Karin Slaughter Gosh, what a story this is, dramatic, powerful, and so incredibly addictive. ‘The Good Daughter’ is a standalone novel from Karin Slaughter. 28 years ago, as murder tore apart their family in a small town in North Georgia, one girl... Format: Hardback - Released: 13/07/2017
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Persons Unknown Susie Steiner Manon Bradshaw of Missing, Presumed is back only she is now pregnant, attached to the Cambridgeshire police but working on cold cases until a murder occurs close to the school her adopted son attends. He is arrested for it. ... Format: Hardback - Released: 29/06/2017
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The Boy Who Saw Simon Toyne Click here to view the page for the KOBO edition of this book. In Solomon Creed we were introduced to a mysterious hero, a Jack Reacher/Superman cross with shades of Jason Bourne. This is... Format: Hardback - Released: 15/06/2017
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The Unquiet Dead Ausma Zehanat Khan August 2017 Debut of the Month Provocative and stimulating, this debut crime thriller set in Canada, slams with impact. Two detectives begin an investigation into the death of a man who may have been involved in the Srebrenica massacre during... Format: Paperback - Released: 27/07/2017
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Give Me the Child Melanie McGrath August 2017 Debut of the Month A provocative tale that creeps over skin and worms its way into thoughts. A knock at the door one night reveals Cat’s husband has an 11 year old daughter Cat knew nothing about, then... Format: Hardback - Released: 27/07/2017
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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 following a young woman’s death. This dynamic debut tingles with tantalising twists, distrust... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/07/2017
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Dangerous Crossing Rachel Rhys All aboard for an Agatha Christie-esque mystery set on a ship bound for the distant shores of Australia in 1939. As the world teeters on the edge of another war, working class Lily is about to plunge headlong into a... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/08/2017
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The Cutaway The gripping thriller set in the explosive world of Washington's TV news Christina Kovac A compelling and stylish psychological thriller from a fine new voice in crime fiction. Indomitable Virginia Knightly is a TV producer with a self-confessed attraction to the “unknowable”, which is how she comes to investigate the disappearance of thirty-year-old Evelyn... Format: Paperback - Released: 24/08/2017
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Cartes Postales from Greece Victoria Hislop Three years ago Cardiff born Ellie moved into a small block of twelve flats in Kensal Rise, London. Her life is dull. She does tele-ad sales for a trade mag and then suddenly she gets postcards from Greece addressed to... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/08/2017
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Kill the Father Sandrone Dazieri A huge, almost sprawling thriller awaits, yet one that is ferocious, intense, and so, so readable. Set in Italy, Dante Torre and Captain Columba Caselli, both tortured souls, are enticed into the investigation of a child who has gone missing... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/08/2017
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Under a Pole Star Stef Penney Flora Mackie leads a remarkable life. Daughter of a whaling captain, with her mother dead, she spent many of her teenage years sailing with him and living with the Inuit of Greenland. When grown, it naturally suits her to join... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/08/2017
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Behind Her Eyes Sarah Pinborough Oh my word, this book is devious, twisted, and an absolute knockout! The story, revolving around love, passion, suspicion, and deceit, kept me teetering on a razor sharp wire of uncertainty. Sarah Pinborough’s writing is sublime, it’s shrewd, artful, cunning,... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2017
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Good Me Bad Me Ali Land Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017. Ooh, this truly is a fabulously captivating and unpredictable tale, and it kept me clinging to the very edge of my seat. Annie’s mother is a serial killer, Annie informs... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/08/2017
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The People at Number 9 Felicity Everett Solid, surburban couple with two boys at the local school have their safe, perhaps a little monotonous, life disrupted by the arrival of an artistic golden couple next door. All glitter and shine, oozing charisma and chasing fun, they dazzle... Format: Paperback - Released: 24/08/2017
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The Four Horsemen Gregory Dowling A captivating, vibrant, and exciting tale of secret societies, death and disorder in the middle of Venice in the 1750’s. This is the second in the ‘Alvise Marangon Mystery series’, set after ‘Ascension’. Alvise finds himself investigating the... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/07/2017
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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 London. In 1991 Maire steps into the centre of a storm that will... Format: Hardback - Released: 13/07/2017
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The Ghost of Helen Addison Charles E. McGarry A fascinating, charmingly descriptive murder mystery, where disturbing elements of satanism, visions, and ghosts creep through the story. Leo Moran, fastidious, exacting, and a private investigator, assists the police in a murder case. I will admit that it took me... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/07/2017
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The Music Shop Rachel Joyce A heartrending love story. An ode to vinyl. A poignant evocation of a community of shopkeepers in the late eighties. Like the music beloved by its protagonist, this pitch-perfect novel has an ineffable power to uplift the soul. At the... Format: Hardback - Released: 13/07/2017
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Best Laid Plans Kathy Lette July 2017 Book of the Month. Gosh, what a funny, emotional, romp of a story this is. Lucy begins her tale with the moment she gets arrested for picking up an undercover... Format: Hardback - Released: 13/07/2017
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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 described as a post-apocalyptic thriller with squishy bits, or possible human drama with tentacles. Scavenger Rachel... Format: Hardback - Released: 15/06/2017
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Greatest Hits Laura Barnett A powerfully lyrical day-in-the-life portrait of a successful singer-songwriter reflecting on the ebbs and flows of her life as she prepares her Greatest Hits release after long absence from the industry. Cass Wheeler has been a massive music star since... Format: Hardback - Released: 15/06/2017
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The Dinner Herman Koch This is one of those books like The Slap and We Need to Talk About Kevin where no one is likeable and the outcome difficult to predict. Here the family drama is related during a posh restaurant dinner... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/08/2017
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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 party, an immediate connection flares into life, yet the spectre of war holds both in a devastating... Format: Paperback - Released: 15/06/2017
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The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 Years Old Hendrik Groen Poignant, moving and funny, I chuckled my way through this delightful (but no longer secret) diary from the rather lovable Hendrik Groen. Hendrik has reached the age where his address book is depressingly empty and his life has become an... Format: Paperback - Released: 13/07/2017
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They All Fall Down Tammy Cohen This smart, sharp psychological page-turner will keep crime and thriller fans gripped for ‘just’ one more chapter until the early hours. It’s a riveting, read-in-one-sitting rollercoaster fuelled by engrossing emotional suspense. Hannah is in a high-suicide-risk psychiatric clinic, so when... Format: Paperback - Released: 13/07/2017
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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, intelligence officer at the British Embassy in Paris the target of an assassination attempt? As Luke... Format: Paperback - Released: 13/07/2017
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