It’s all dark and twisted and have-you-locked-the-front-door reading this month.
Edinburgh. New Year’s Eve. Emily sees Nicky. Or she thinks she does. He looks, laughs and moves like Nicky. But Nicky died when they were teenagers, in an accident on a remote road. A week later, Emily sees him again … he says his name is Nicholas, and he knows things only Nicky would know. The encounters become more frequent, Emily’s fixation intensifies, and the truth becomes murkier. Either Emily is going mad, or something much darker is going on. Rose McDonagh thrills and chills with One Came Back. Trapeze
Exhilarating. Twisty. A stay-up-all-night read. The Summer Guests – the new Martini Club mystery from Tess Gerritsen sees members of the ‘book club’ – actually a group of retired spies – having to solve the case of a missing teenager. It’s personal … since one of their good friends is the prime suspect. Bantam
Two more twisty thrillers …
Rosie’s invited to meet her boyfriend’s family … his glam artist mum and stepdad, his older brother and his Italian model wife and their two children. They’re all on holiday at the family’s Tuscan holiday farmhouse. Idyllic. But missing teens, hostile locals, secrets and lies turn things sour. So many twists in Kate Gray’s psychological thriller, Welcome to the Family. Welbeck Publishing • In James Patterson’s 26 Beauties, beautiful young women are disappearing by the dozen. DI Lindsay Boxer has been tracking this chilling pattern … someone’s hunting the city’s most vulnerable, and the count keeps rising. Interpol says the cases are nearly impossible to solve. But impossible never stopped the Women’s Murder Club before. Penguin
