Oh. Heaven. A Will Trent and Sara Linton thriller. This one set in a mountain top lodge, where they’re celebrating their honeymoon. And where, obviously, there’s now a
murder. A vicious storm. The only access road washed away. And a group of family and guests who are all lying. The perfect weekend read … This is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter. HarperCollins
Fans of Peter James’ Detective Superintendent Roy Grace will have, for years, wondered what happened to Sandy, his first wife who went missing, and who after 10 years and extensive nationwide searches was declared dead. Now James has cleared up the mystery for us, with They Thought I Was Dead – Sandy’s story. Macmillan
A private investigator. Two 16-year-old twins, who’ve returned from a visit with their father ‘different’. Another teen … this one an unworldly girl living a curiously isolated existence in a run-down farmhouse. Throw in evil geniuses who are playing a dangerous game with technology in order to make the world a ‘better place’, not caring who gets hurt, maimed or even killed in the process … putting an entire generation of young people in jeopardy. And you’ve got Breaking The Dark, featuring Jessica Jones, Lisa Jewell’s most gripping novel yet. Penguin
Two amazing best-selling authors – Michael Crichton, creator of Jurassic Park, and James Patterson, with more than 200 thrillers under his belt – have joined up to create an unforgettable thriller. Eruption. A colossal, once-in-a-century volcanic eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. And a decades-old military secret could turn the volcano into something far more terrifying. It’s up to a handful of brave individuals to save the island, and the entire world. You just know there’s going to be a movie, don’t you! Century
In 1951, unhappiness is hardly grounds for divorce. Except at the divorce ranches of Reno, Nevada. Here women live together for six weeks – the state’s only divorce requirement – before they earn their freedom. Six weeks of living it up at the casino and flirting with cowboys. The Divorcées by Rowan Beaird … all female friendship, desire, and freedom. Manilla Press
The Blue Sisters. A strait-laced lawyer. A boxer-turned-bouncer. A Paris model. And then the fourth sister … who’s unexpected death leaves the three reeling. Grief, addiction, heartbreak all need to be addressed when they reunite in New York to stop the sale of their family home. Coco Mellors’ novel is a beautifully written story of true sisterhood – the misunderstandings, the squabbles, the resentment and the love. HarperCollins UK
The Manor. It’s meant to be a retreat for the very wealthy … the kind of place where guests are given crystals to wear in a velvet pouch, and who attend solstice suppers in the forest. Where the owner rubs clary sage onto her pulse points and halos herself with sacred mist. That would be just before she has five shots of vodka (it’s a clean spirit!) to wash down the pills kept inside her old Ayurvedic tea tin. It’s also a place that is, on opening night, on fire. Secrets from more decade before have come back to haunt … and it’s going to end in murder. Lucy Foley’s The Midnight Feast is just fabulous! HarperCollins
A book tour along the Amalfi Coast, rabid fans, literary rivals, ex-flames, a crazed stalker … suspicions are flying faster than paperbacks off a bestseller shelf … and someone is trying to get away with murder. Every Time I Go On Vacation Someone Dies is Catherine Mack’s fabulously darkly funny read. Macmillan
Kevin Kwan’s Lies and Weddings is the marvellously wicked story of Rufus, a future earl and former supermodel, who’s drowning in debt and who’s only hope, according to his mum, is to attend his sister’s wedding and seduce a woman with money. But the exposure of a secret tryst sees the family plans – and their reputation – go up in flames, leaving Rufus in a bit of a quandary. Glitz, glamour, money, sex and murder. Such fun! Hutchinson Heinemann
