THE LAST THING TO BURN Will Dean Hodder & Stoughton (https://www.hodder.co.uk/) £12.99 Leonard – Lenn to those that know him – lives in the small farmhouse on Fen Farm in which he was born, and in which he has lived his whole life; first with his mother, Jane; then with his first wife, also called […]
Read More THE LAST THING TO BURN by Will DeanONE BY ONE Ruth Ware (https://ruthware.com/) Harvill Secker (https://www.penguin.co.uk/) £12.99 The directors and shareholders of Snoop, the hottest new music/social media app, have hired a cabin in the little alpine ski resort of Saint Antoine, where they aim to take a well-earned break and chew over the multi-million dollar buyout that could make them all […]
Read More ONE BY ONE by Ruth WareONE BY ONE by Ruth Ware is published in hardback (priced £12.99) by Harvill Secker on 12th November 2020.
Read More Meet TIGER-BLUE ESPOSITO from Ruth Ware’s ONE BY ONEDON’T TURN AROUND Jessica Barry Harvill Secker (www.penguin.co.uk) £14.99 Cait volunteers for an organisation that helps women when they are most in need. Tonight, Cait’s job is to collect Rebecca from her fancy home in Lubbock, Texas and drive her the 300 miles through the night to Albuquerque, New Mexico, then bring her home safely […]
Read More DON’T TURN AROUND by Jessica BarryWE BEGIN AT THE END Chris Whitaker Zaffre Books (www.zaffrebooks.co.uk) £14.99 Walker has been Cape Haven’s Chief of Police for over twenty years. In the sleepy California coastal town, his job consists mainly of being nice to tourists, and keeping an eye on his old friend Star Radley and her two kids: thirteen-year-old Duchess and […]
Read More WE BEGIN AT THE END by Chris WhitakerTHE BRAMBLE AND THE ROSE Tom Bouman (www.tomboumanbooks.com) Faber & Faber (www.faber.co.uk) £8.99 When a headless body, half-eaten by bears, is found in the woods outside the small town of Wild Thyme, Pennsylvania, local policeman Henry Farrell finds himself partnered with biologist and bear expert Dr Mary Weaver, hunting the bear before its new-found taste […]
Read More THE BRAMBLE AND THE ROSE by Tom BoumanWIDOW’S WELCOME D.K. Fields (dkfields.blogspot.com) Head of Zeus (headofzeus.com) £8.99 What inspired Widow’s Welcome? In short: “Mi dispiace, il mio italiano non va bene”. This became a mantra for us when travelling in Italy – “I’m sorry, my Italian is not good”. Whether Kath was trying to order peach ice cream but kept saying ‘fish’, […]
Read More INFLUENCES: What Inspired WIDOW’S WELCOME by D.K. FieldsBORN SLIPPY Tom Lutz (www.tomlutzwriter.com) Repeater Books (repeaterbooks.com) £10.99 He left the bank and got in a cab. The cabbie turned and looked at him, waiting for an address. Frank pointed to the Bank of China bankbook; the driver looked confused, but then nodded and took him to a branch. Frank went in, waited briefly […]
Read More An Excerpt from BORN SLIPPY by Tom LutzTHE BURNING MEN Will Shindler Hodder & Stoughon (hodder.co.uk) £16.99 When an ex-fireman is doused in accelerant and set alight at his wedding, Detective Inspector Alex Finn finds himself leading the investigation despite the fact that he shouldn’t even be working. The deceased paid for the lavish party out of his own pocket, and when […]
Read More THE BURNING MEN by Will ShindlerWATCHING FROM THE DARK Gytha Lodge Michael Joseph (www.penguin.co.uk) £12.99 While Skyping his girlfriend late one evening, Aidan Poole watches as someone enters her apartment and apparently kills her while she is in the bath. He sends an email to the police providing them with as many details as he can. But he can’t provide […]
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