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The Girl On The News – Elisabeth Carpenter
This one genuinely caught me unaware with its reveal. My heart pounds as I take in the headline: ‘Missing girl believed kidnapped’. Underneath is a photo of my beautiful daughter Mia, her gap-toothed grin unmistakable. But Mia is safe beside me, snuggled up on the sofa. Why would someone pretend my child has been taken? Read more
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Helle and Death – Oskar Jensen
Not one wasted opportunity to de-rail the reader and a denouement to die for! Puzzling escapism at its best A snowstorm. A country house. Old friends reunited. It’s going to be murder… Torben Helle – art historian, Danish ex-pat and owner of several excellent Scandinavian jumpers – finds himself dragged to a remote snowbound Northumbrian Read more
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Lost and Never Found – Simon Mason
DI Wilkins and DI Wilkins, Ryan and Ray – no relation. Polar opposites, perfectly paired. Oxford, city of rich and poor, where the homeless camp out in the shadows of the gorgeous buildings and monuments. A city of lost things – and buried crimes. At three o’clock in the morning, Emergency Services receives a call. Read more
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One Last Breath – P.S. Cunliffe
Cracking opening, but requirement of explanatory closing chapters means it sadly missed its mark. A deadly trap. A ticking clock. How long until she has only one last breath? Jessie wakes to darkness, cold, and the rain beating down on her. She reaches out, and her hands meet hard stone. Suddenly she knows where she is. Read more
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First Lie Wins – Ashley Elston
Woot, what a ride! First Lie Wins is not just a rollercoaster of a read, it’s a rollercoaster in the dark because you never see the twists coming. Buckle up for this one. Read more
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A Game For All The Family – Sophie Hannah
Spine shudderingly tense, chilling and devilishly twisted. Justine thought she knew who she was, until an anonymous caller seemed to know better… After escaping London and a career that nearly destroyed her, Justine plans to spend her days doing as little as possible in her beautiful home in Devon. But soon after the move, her Read more
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In A Dark Dark Wood – Ruth Ware
With hens like these who needs enemies…?A gripping tale of toxic friendships, past mistakes, and present dangers. Someone’s getting married. Someone’s getting murdered. In a dark, dark wood Nora hasn’t seen Clare for ten years. Not since Nora walked out of school one day and never went back. There was a dark, dark house Until, Read more
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Disclaimer – Renee Knight
The bitterness of unexplained loss, the failure to deal with grief, and the dramatic consequences of the undisclosed. It’s a dark and compelling read with a kicker of a twist! When an intriguing novel appears on Catherine’s bedside table, she curls up in bed and begins to read. But as she turns the pages she Read more
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Day Four – Sarah Lotz
A sprinkling of supernatural together with mass hysteria in the face of the unknown. No one does terrifying like Sarah Lotz. Welcome to the cruise into hell…. Four days into a five day singles cruise on the Gulf of Mexico, the ageing ship Beautiful Dreamer stops dead in the water. With no electricity and no Read more
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