Thursday’s Children – Nicci French
They say that psychological thriller giant Nicci French has a split personality, but that’s because she’s quite literally two people. Husband and wife writing team Sean French and Nicci Gerard have been working together for nearly twenty years. Thursday’s Children, the latest Nicci French offering, is the fourth to feature psychotherapist Frieda Klein. Previous titles ...
The Wolf in Winter – John Connolly
If there’s one thing I love, it’s an investigator with baggage – and Charlie Parker has plenty. Tormented and angry after the murder of his wife and daughter, Parker is driven to expose secrets and hidden truths like no-one else. The Wolf in Winter, by John Connolly, sees him arrive in Prosperous, Maine. As its ...
Stone Cold – CJ Box
We take a trip to the remote Black Hills of Wyoming for Stone Cold, the new Joe Pickett novel by CJ Box. Officially still a game warden, Pickett has been asked by the state governor to find out what’s going on in a mysterious ranch, the subject of intense, but sinister speculation. Who are the ...
Blood on the Water – Anne Perry
It’s 1856 and Victorian London is riding high: the city is dominant on the international stage, its empire is expanding and England is enjoying an age of unprecedented progress. William Monk is head of the River Police, when the city is stunned by an act of terror; an explosion on board a packed Thames pleasure ...
Influx – Daniel Suarez
We live in a world of conspiracy theories and for me, those theories sometimes ring truer than our perceived reality. Influx by Daniel Suarez explores the idea that the human race’s creativity and innovation is stifled and controlled by shadowy forces. Makes perfect sense to me – and that’s a great premise for a thriller. Think back fifty ...
Trouble In Mind – Jeffery Deaver
If you don’t like electrifying fiction, packed with sinister twists and turns, then don’t read this – in fact, you should just step away from this website. There’s nothing to see here. The master is back! Trouble In Mind by Jeffery Deaver, is the third volume of his collected short stories (the first two being ...
Worthy Brown’s Daughter – Phillip Margolin
Well known for his acclaimed contemporary legal thrillers, New York Times bestselling author Phillip Margolin this time turns to nineteenth-century Oregon. Worthy Brown’s Daughter is a novel which combines a heartbreaking story of slavery and murder with his trademark plot twists. Recently widowed lawyer Matthew Penny agrees to help Worthy Brown, a newly freed slave. He must ...
The farm – Tom Rob Smith
Philip Larkin, a famous English poet, once wrote: “They **** you up, your mum and dad. / They may not mean to, but they do. / They fill you with the faults they had / And add some extra, just for you” In The Farm, by Tom Rob Smith, Daniel is caught between his two ...
