Title: Dear Child Author: Romy Hausmann Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publisher: Quercus Publication Date: 14th May 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: A windowless shack in the woods. Lena's life and that of her two children follows the rules set by their captor, the father: meals, bathroom visits, study time are strictly scheduled and meticulously observed. He protects … Continue reading Dear Child by Romy Hausmann – Book Review
Category: Psychological Thriller
Death of a Mermaid by Lesley Thomson – Book Review
Title: Death of a Mermaid Author: Lesley Thomson Genre: Thriller/Mystery Publisher: Head of Zeus Publication Date: 7th May 2020 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: Freddy Power walked out of her childhood home twenty-two years ago, and swore never to return. But now she's back, helping run her family's fishery in Newhaven in the wake of her … Continue reading Death of a Mermaid by Lesley Thomson – Book Review
Summer of Reckoning by Marion Brunet – Blog Tour Review
Title: Summer of Reckoning Author: Marion Brunet Translator: Katherine Gregor Genre: Psychological Thriller, Suspense Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press Publication Date: 12th March 2020 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: A psychological thriller set in the Luberon, a touristic French region that evokes holidays in magnificent pool-adorned villas. For those who live there year-round, it often means stifling … Continue reading Summer of Reckoning by Marion Brunet – Blog Tour Review
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker – Book Review
Title: We Begin at the End Author: Chris Whitaker Genre: Thriller/Mystery, Literary Fiction Publisher: Bonnier Books, Zaffre Publication Date: 2nd April 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: For some people, trouble just finds them. Thirty years ago, Vincent King became a killer. Now, he's been released from prison and is back in his hometown of Cape … Continue reading We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker – Book Review
Wild Dog by Serge Joncour – Book Review
Title: Wild Dog Author: Serge Joncour Translator: Jane Aitken & Polly Mackintosh Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Gallic Books Publication Date: 2nd April 2020 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: Franck and Lise, a French couple in the film industry, rent a cottage in the quiet hills of the French Lot to get away from the stresses of … Continue reading Wild Dog by Serge Joncour – Book Review
Keeper by Jessica Moor – Review
Title: Keeper Author: Jessica Moor Genre: Psychological Thriller Publisher: Penguin, Viking Publication Date: 19th March 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: He's been looking in the windows again. Messing with cameras. Leaving notes. Supposed to be a refuge. But death got inside. When Katie Straw's body is pulled from the waters of the local suicide spot, … Continue reading Keeper by Jessica Moor – Review
The Second Wife by Rebecca Fleet – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Second Wife Author: Rebecca Fleet Genre: Thriller/Suspense Publisher: Doubleday, Transworld Publication Date: 5th March 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Everyone brings baggage to a new relationship. When Alex met Natalie she changed his life. After the tragic death of his first wife, which left him a single parent to teenage daughter Jade, he’s … Continue reading The Second Wife by Rebecca Fleet – Blog Tour Review
The Woods by Vanessa Savage – Review
Title: The Woods Author: Vanessa Savage Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publisher: Little Brown UK Publication Date: 23rd January 2020 Cover: Summary: There's a lot from Tess's childhood that she would rather forget. The family who moved next door and brought chaos to their quiet lives. The two local girls who were murdered, their killer never found. In … Continue reading The Woods by Vanessa Savage – Review
A Good Man by Ani Katz – Review
Title: A Good Man Author: Ani Katz Genre: Psychological Thriller, Suspense Publisher: Random House UK, Cornerstone Publication Date: 16th January 2020 Cover: Rating: 4/5 Summary: Thomas Martin is everything a man is supposed to be. He has a beautiful wife and a loving daughter, a good house on Long Island, a flourishing career at a … Continue reading A Good Man by Ani Katz – Review
The Other Daughter by Shalini Boland – Review
Title: The Other Daughter Author: Shalini Boland Genre: Crime/Thriller Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: 5th November 2019 Rating: 3.75/5 Cover: Summary: Nine years ago her daughter was taken. And now she’s back. Two-and-a-half-year-old Holly is playing happily in a pink plastic playhouse, while her mother Rachel sips coffee and chats with a friend nearby. It should … Continue reading The Other Daughter by Shalini Boland – Review
