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TRIGGER WARNING: teen pregnancy, forced adoptions, miscarriage, sexual abuse, drug abuse Katrin Gold seems to have the perfect life. She has created it for herself, having come from nothing. But as she hosts a celebration for her latest achievement, an incident occurs that could change her life forever and reveal secrets… Homecoming is a psychological […]

Author Anthony Horowitz is called upon by ex detective Hawthorne to write a true crime book about the case of a woman who was murdered hours after arranging her own funeral. The Word is Murder is the first book in the Hawthorne and Horowitz murder mystery and detective series. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the premise […]

Millie, her husband and her children, are excited to move into a new home. But their happiness is threatened by one neighbour’s relentless flirting and snide comments, and another neighbour being unfriendly and judgemental. Things get even worse when a body is discovered… The Housemaid is Watching is the third book to feature Millie, a […]

The Sanatorium was chosen by my book club under the genre ‘horror’. I think thriller (detective, mystery and psychological combined) is more apt but wouldn’t count it as horror despite some grisly episodes. Elin is a detective but on holiday. Her destination is a luxury hotel situated in a former sanatorium with a sinister reputation. […]

TRIGGER WARNING: historical animal abuse, sexual exploitation of children and violence London, 1601. Shay is swept up in the world of the Elizabethan theatre when she befriends Nonesuch, a teenaged actor. Soon Shay finds herself performing and capturing the attention of the queen herself… The Ghost Theatre is an historical novel with supernatural and fantasy […]