Fiction
Listed in order of author's surname, 20 per page.
Greenwich Park
Three couples look to 'have it all'. Careers, lovely homes, happy lives and babies on the way. But their lives are disrupted by a new friendship. A compelling domestic thriller.
read my review of November 2020
Publication date: 15th April 2021
How to build a boat
A beautifully told story of a boy and his teacher, their particular struggles and the community in which they live.
read my review of August 2023
Publication date: 20th April 2023
The Girl Who Reads on the Metro
A magical, amusing and poignant story of the joy of reading, set in Paris.
read my review of November 2020
Publication date: 17th October 2019
Wivenhoe
An eery, atmospheric story of tragic events over 24 hours in an alternative future. Unsettling and haunting. What will we think of it?
read my review of October 2021
Publication date: 3rd February 2022
The Therapist
Sinister and compelling mystery set around a puzzling disappearance, the unravelling of a marriage and a psychiatrist's inner thoughts. Couldn't put it down.
read my review of June 2021
Publication date: 8th July 2021
The Paris Apartment
Gloriously atmospheric murder mystery thriller set in a stunning old Paris apartment building, where everyone has secrets and no one can be trusted!
read my review of March 2022
Publication date: 3rd March 2022
Mrs Quinn's Rise to Fame
A life changed by taking part in a television baking competition! A warm, comforting read.
read my review of January 2024
Publication date: 28th March 2024
God is an Astronaut
A funny, engaging and slightly offbeat story told through an email correspondence
read my review of July 2014
No Reserve
A conversation overheard by an auctioneer at a Thoroughbred sales ring in Newmarket suggests price fixing. When the new purchase is found dead the next day, he realises he must investigate, but who can he trust?
read my review of June 2023
Publication date: 28th September 2023
Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?
A book of two halves - in 1990 a woman, a mother and wife, disappears, but now, 30 years later, the mystery might be solved.
read my review of March 2024
Publication date: 29th February 2024
The Hunter
A tense thriller sent in West Ireland, with all the flavour of an American western.
read my review of December 2023
Publication date: 7th March 2024
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
A deceptively simple, light narrative of a man revisiting his childhood home, where all is not as it seems
read my review of June 2014
The Running Grave
Private detective Cormoran Strike and his partner, Robin Ellacott are investigating a religious community in Norfolk. A great read!
read my review of January 2024
Publication date: 26th September 2023
Lethal White
The latest installment in the life of investigator, Cormoran Strike.
read my review of September 2018
Cuckoo's Calling
Introducing private detective Cormoran Strike in the first murder mystery from JK Rowling.
read my review of November 2014