THE SANCTUARY by Emma Haugton

THE SANCTUARY Emma Haughton (emmahaughton.com) Hodder & Stoughton (hodder.co.uk) £16.99 Buy a copy from your favourite independent bookshop Zoey wakes in a strange room with no recollection of how she got here. Vague memories of a standard New York night out, clubbing with friends and then. ..nothing. Now, a strange room, in a house she’s […]

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DEEP WATER by Emma Bamford

DEEP WATER Emma Bamford Simon & Schuster (simonandschuster.co.uk) £8.99 Buy a copy from your favourite independent bookshop Virginie and her husband Jake have packed in the rat race and spent their savings on a small yacht. Flying to Malaysia to take ownership of their new home/transport, their plan is to head to Thailand and see […]

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DARK OBJECTS by Simon Toyne

DARK OBJECTS Simon Toyne (simontoyne.net) HarperCollins (harpercollins.co.uk) £14.99 Buy a copy from your favourite independent bookshop The body of a wealthy woman is found in the living room of her ultra-modern, ultra-secure Highgate home, surrounded by four strange objects. DCI Tannahill Khan catches the case and discovers that one of the objects is a book […]

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FIRST BORN by Will Dean

FIRST BORN Will Dean Hodder & Stoughton (hodder.co.uk) £14.99 Buy a copy from your favourite independent bookshop Molly Raven lives her life assessing and avoiding risks wherever possible. One half of a pair of identical twins, Molly feels that she is the darker of the two, the twin who ended up with all of the […]

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A MATTER OF TIME by Claire Askew

A MATTER OF TIME Claire Askew (claireaskew.com) Hodder & Stoughton (hodder.co.uk) £16.99 At 8am, a man opens fire with a shotgun at an agricultural show in Scotland’s Borders region. Either he’s a poor shot, or he has been aiming deliberately to minimise casualties. Then he’s in the wind. By lunchtime he’s holed up in a […]

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THE LONG WEEKEND by Gilly Macmillan

THE LONG WEEKEND Gilly Macmillan (www.gillymacmillan.com) Century (penguin.co.uk/…/century.html) £12.99 They have been friends since childhood and every year they take a long weekend break to unwind and enjoy each others’ company. This year is the first since the death of Rob, so four couples have become three. As the women head to Dark Fell Barn, […]

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DARK THINGS I ADORE by Katie Lattari

DARK THINGS I ADORE Katie Lattari (katielattari.com) Titan Books (titanbooks.com) £8.99 Audra Colfax is an art student at a top Boston school. Young, passionate and very talented, she has caught the attention of esteemed artist and professor, Max Durant, who has taken her under his wing. As she approaches the end of her studies, Audra […]

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THE DARK by Emma Haughton

THE DARK Emma Haughton (emmahaughton.com) Hodder & Stoughton (hodder.co.uk) £12.99 Buy now from your favourite independent bookshop Doctor Kate North is a last minute addition to the crew of the United Nations Antarctica station following the untimely death of their original medic. It’s a last-ditch attempt to get her life back on track following a […]

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