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The Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlyle
If you like your plot twists ludicrous and your characters shallow, then this is the thriller for you. Now don’t[...]
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Gallows Rock by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Ah, Yrsa. You never disappoint. My favourite Nordic crime writer has delivered again. A man is found hanging from a[...]
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A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville
Brilliant. This book is like Jane Austen among the eucalyptus, but with so much more sex. In writing what purports[...]
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The Mist by Ragnar Jonasson
Brilliant Icelandic crime fiction. This is the third in the Hidden Iceland series, with the no-nonsense Detective Hulda Hermannsdottir doggedly[...]
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Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier
This smart, sassy little thriller delivers shocks right up to the end. Maybe you won’t finish it in one sitting,[...]
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The Trespassers by Meg Mundell
Published in 2019, The Trespassers is eerily prescient. The UK is in the grip of a deadly pandemic; its economy[...]
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Riptides by Kirsten Alexander
This slow burning thriller from the author of the Half Moon Lake is the literary equivalent of an icy cold[...]
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The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
I’ve never been a huge fan of books too big to read in the bath; even the quality of this[...]
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American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Bit controversial this one, but I loved it. This excellent page turner follows Lydia and her eight year old son[...]
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The Dilemma by B.A. Paris
I’m a bit embarrassed by how much I was enthralled by this book. I sat on the couch and told[...]
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