January 2017 (8)

The Mountain in my Shoe - Louise Beech (Orenda)

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A missing boy. A missing book. A missing husband. A woman who must find them all to find herself. On the night Bernadette finally has the courage to tell her domineering husband that she’s leaving, he doesn’t come home. Neither does Conor, the little boy she’s befriended for the past five years. […]

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Perfect Remains - Helen Fields (pub. Avon)

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On a remote Highland mountain, the body of Elaine Buxton is burning. All that will be left to identify the respected lawyer are her teeth and a fragment of clothing. In the concealed back room of a house in Edinburgh, the real Elaine Buxton screams into the darkness. Detective Inspector Luc […]

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The Girl Before - J. P. Delaney (pub. Quercus)

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Enter the world of One Folgate Street and discover perfection . . . but can you pay the price? Jane stumbles on the rental opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to live in a beautiful ultra-minimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect, on condition she abides by a long list of exacting […]

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The One Memory of Flora Banks - Emily Barr (pub. Penguin Random House)

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You always remember your first kiss. Flora remembers nothing else... "I look at my hands. One of them says 'Flora, be brave'. I am Flora." Flora has anterograde amnesia. She can't remember anything day-to-day: the joke her friend made, the instructions her parents gave her, how old she […]

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Ragdoll - Daniel Cole (pub. Trapeze, Orion)

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A body is discovered with the dismembered parts of six victims stitched together, nicknamed by the press as the 'Ragdoll'. Assigned to the shocking case are Detective William 'Wolf' Fawkes, recently reinstated to the London Met, and his former partner Detective Emily Baxter. The 'Ragdoll Killer' […]

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The Gift - Louise Jensen (pub. Bookouture)

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The perfect daughter. The perfect girlfriend. The perfect murder? Jenna is given another shot at life when she receives a donor heart from a girl called Callie. Eternally grateful to Callie and her family, Jenna gets closer to them, but she soon discovers that Callie’s perfect family is hiding some […]

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Watch Her Disappear - Eva Dolan (pub. Vintage, Random House)

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YOU CAN RUN FROM YOUR PAST. BUT YOU CAN'T RUN FROM MURDER. The body is found by the river, near a spot popular with runners. With a serial rapist at work in the area, DI Zigic and DS Ferreira are initially confused when the Hate Crimes Unit is summoned to the scene. Until they discover that the […]

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Behind Her Eyes - Sarah Pinborough (pub. Harper Collins)

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Don’t Trust This Book Don’t Trust These People Don’t Trust Yourself Louise Since her husband walked out, Louise has made her son her world, supporting them both with her part-time job. But all that changes when she meets… David Young, successful and charming – Louise cannot believe a man like him […]

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