Jojo Moyes’ We All Live Here is just a glorious, funny, delight, from start to finish. Lila wrote a best-selling book about keeping your marriage alive … before discovering her husband was having an affair (and now a baby) with a mum at the local school. She’s now broke, left with two challenging, wayward daughters, an elderly step dad who’s moved in, and her estranged father who’s arrived on the doorstep looking for a place to stay. On the plus side, there’s a couple of hot men lurking … jolly helpful since she’s got to finish her new book and the publishers are looking for hot and sexy single mum adventures … ‘a literary push-up bra’ is how they put it. Hysterical. Warm and wise too … since she finds out that even a person you thought you could never forgive, may just have something to teach you … about love, friendship, and family. Micheal Joseph
Oh we do love a Gregg Hurwitz thriller. Orphan X – Evan Smoak, former government black ops assassin, is known to be the man who’ll be there for you in your darkest hour. And he’ll rain hell and thunder on those who caused you pain. But betray him, as Evan’s long-time gunsmith and armourer has just done … and it’s war. Nemesis – a roller-coaster of thrills. Michael Joseph
This month we’re serving port-style cocktails at our book club. For a Porto Urbano, mix equal parts chilled De Krans Premium Cape Ruby and cranberry juice with a dash of lime cordial. Serve in a martini glass with crushed ice, garnished with orange peel and a maraschino cherry. Even easier – and perfect if the weather’s warm – a Pink Soda. Pour a tot of De Krans Cape Pink into a tall glass, top up with soda water, and garnish with fresh fruit. Look out for De Krans port-style wines with their fresh new look in wine stores or on dekrans.co.za
Detective Lieutenant Milo Sturgis and psychologist Alex Delware are back in Jonathan Kellerman’s Open Season, searching for a killer who’s linked to victims only by the rifle used to kill them. Century
When a couple land on a desert island in the middle of the Atlantic, they think they’ve found a perfect utopia. An escape from their tumultuous pasts. But they don’t have long to enjoy their new-found peace before they are violently separated, and become entangled in a global conspiracy. In James Patterson’s Murder Island, heaven on earth turns into a living hell. Century
She’s broke. Alone. Pregnant. And she’s reached an all-time low. So Tegan heads off to stay with her brother until she can figure out her next move. But she drives straight into a blizzard, crashes her car and is rescued, thankfully, by a chap who takes her home, where he and his wife offer her a place in their isolated cabin until the snow clears.
But The Crash is a Freida McFadden thriller … so you know it not going to be all joy and happy endings! Jaw dropping, terrifying twists that you just don’t see coming. One. After another. After another!
Just brilliantly chilling … could not put down. Book of the month! Poisoned Pen
A trio of tremendous reads
London in 1952. Dexie’s a woman longing to prove herself as an officer in the London Metropolitan Police, but is stuck dealing with domestics. Until an officer, seconded from Hamburg, arrives, tasked to hunt down a Nazi war criminal-turned-respected-businessman, and turns to Dexie for help. Fans of historical fiction will love Mandy Robotham’s A Dangerous Game. HarperCollins UK • Chilling. Creepy. Terrifying. Helena Echlin’s Clever Little Thing revolves around a young girl who’s personality changes after the death of her babysitter, and her mother, who’s obsessed with the odd change in her daughter. Maternal love. Fear. Bonds and obsession. Headline • The dismembered body of a headmaster found on the derelict site of a former school. Missing teachers. Unreported crimes. Silent witnesses. And a detective who is determined to find the truth. The Day of the Roaring is Nina Bhadreshwear’s first novel, and won the Little Brown UEA Crime Fiction Award. HarperCollins UK
