Before She Was Found, the latest offering from author Heather Gudenkauf, is the story of one innocent evening gone wrong, and it’s a book that kept me reading late into the night. Twelve-year-old Cora is excited to be having a sleepover. For the past couple of years, she’s struggled to fit in with the girls…
I picked up Annie Ward’s Beautiful Bad expecting another story about a marriage on the edge of implosion. What I got wasn’t quite what I expected, which could be either a good or a bad thing, depending on your perspective. For me, it turned out to be a bit of a mixed bag. The story…
Run Away is the latest in a long line of phenomenal novels of psychological suspense from powerhouse author Harlan Coben. It’s the story of a father’s desperate search for his missing daughter. True, this is a somewhat familiar premise, but in Mr. Coben’s expert hands, it feels completely fresh and original. Simon and Ingrid are…
My Lovely Wife, the début novel from author Samantha Downing, is a wonderfully wild story sure to keep readers up way past their bedtimes. Our narrator is a man who calls himself Tobias. We have no idea what his real name is, since he never tells us, so I just called him Tobias in my…
What if you could remember nothing – absolutely nothing – about your life? And what if the people who were caring for you – who called themselves your family – were complete strangers to you? This is the premise of Between the Lies, a domestic thriller which examines the dark corners of human relationships. A…
Call Me Evie is the début novel by author J.P. Pomare. It’s the story of seventeen-year-old Kate Bennet, and her struggle to piece together her fragmented memories of one tragic night that changed her life irrevocably. It’s fast-paced and extremely twisty, a book I’m glad I picked up. When we first meet Kate, she’s been…
Joy Fielding’s work has been hit or miss for me over the past fifteen years or so, but I still get a little bit excited when I learn she’s coming out with something new. Maybe I’m a glutton for punishment, or maybe I’m still waiting for her to come out with something as fabulous as…
Fans of fast-paced thrillers based around the theme of revenge won’t want to miss I Invited Her In, the latest offering from author Adele Parks. It’s the story of two women, former best friends, and the destructive need to get even burns within one of them. Mel and Abi were best friends back in their…
The tag line for I Invited Her In is, “Imagine the worst thing a friend could ever do. This is worse.” A tale of a reunion between university pals gone horribly wrong, it’s a nice reminder that sometimes when we drift apart from people, it’s for good reason. They had been best of friends. Till…
I’ve read and enjoyed two of Peter Swanson’s previous novels, so I was really excited to get my hands on a review copy of his latest novel. Unfortunately for me, Before She Knew Him didn’t turn out to be at all what I was expecting. Hen and her husband Lloyd have recently moved into a…