On my blog today, I’m sharing my thoughts on the gripping thriller by A.A. Chaudhuri, The Loyal Friend. BLURB She has your back. And may stab you in it. Wealthy, pampered Susan is living the perfect life in leafy Kingston. She’ll never let anyone see the darkness she’s concealing behind the diamonds and rosé. Grace is new to the group, seemingly the perfect wife and mum. Yet no one knows the truth of what’s happening behind closed doors. Loner Natalie hides the pain of her childhood behind a carefully ordered life. But how long can the past stay hidden? Three unlikely ..read more

On my blog today, I’m sharing my thoughts on the new novel by Helen Fields, Profile K. BLURB He’s going to kill you. He just doesn’t know it yet. Midnight Jones is an analyst trained to understand the human mind. But everything changes when, in the course of her work, she discovers Profile K’s file – because K stands for killer, and she knows that someone more dangerous than she could have ever imagined walks among them. Midnight knows what Profile K is capable of before he even commits his first crime. But as the news rolls with the brutal murder of a local woman, no one believes what s ..read more

On my blog today, I’m sharing my thoughts on The Other Tenant by Lesley Kara. With thanks to Anne Cater from Random Things Tours for inviting me to take part. BLURB Marlow has always lived in unusual places. But when she accepts a position as a live-in property guardian, she finds herself moving somewhere she swore she’d never return to. Right from the start, she knows it’s a terrible mistake. The elegant Victorian school is due to be turned into luxury apartments, but its eerie, empty corridors are full of Marlow’s worst memories. And now something sinister is happening on the site. One of ..read more

On my blog today, I’m sharing my thoughts on the new thriller by Erin Kelly, The House of Mirrors. BLURB One of them has killed before. One of them will kill again. In the sweltering summer of 1997, straight-laced, straight-A student Karen met Biba – a bohemian and impossibly glamorous aspiring actress. A few months later, two people were dead and another had been sent to prison. Having stood by Rex as he served his sentence, Karen is now married to him with a daughter, Alice, who runs a vintage clothing company in London. They’re a normal family, as long as they don’t talk about the past ..read more

On my blog today, I’m sharing my thoughts on the new thriller by Sandie Jones, The Trade Off. BLURB Would you print a lie across a front page? For Stella, Deputy Editor of The Globe, the choice has always been clear. There is no stone she will leave unturned in her pursuit of the best story. It’s what she’s built her reputation on. For Jess, The Globe’s rookie reporter, the story stops when the truth does. But she knows that the dirty tricks of the tabloids will be hard to overturn. And when the subject of the story Jess is working on pays the ultimate price, she suspects that th ..read more

On my blog today, I’m sharing my thoughts on the new thriller by T.M. Logan, The Dream Home. BLURB Adam and Jess move into a new house with their three young children: a rambling Victorian villa in a nice neighbourhood right at the very top of their price range. Before long Adam discovers a door hidden behind a fitted wardrobe, concealing a secret room . . . Inside Adam discovers a collection of forgotten items: a wallet, an expensive watch and an old mobile phone. Jess thinks they should simply throw them away. But Adam resists. He is fascinated by these items and how they came to be inside ..read more

On my blog today, I’m sharing my thoughts on the new novel by Caz Frear, Five Bad Deeds. With thanks to Anne Cater from Random Things Tours for inviting me to take part. BLURB Ellen Walsh has done something very, very bad. If only she knew what it was . . . Teacher, mother, wife, and all-around good citizen Ellen is juggling non-stop commitments, from raising a teen and two toddlers to job-hunting, to finally renovating her dream home, the Meadowhouse. Amidst the chaos, an ominous note arrives in the mail declaring: SOONER OR LATER EVERYONE SITS DOWN TO A BANQUET OF CONSEQUENCES. Why would ..read more

On my blog today, I’m sharing my thoughts on the new thriller by Susan Lewis, A Sicilian Affair as part of the blog tour. With thanks to Anne Cater from Random Things Tours for inviting me to take part. BLURB A fresh start where no-one knows her name is exactly what Catie is looking for from her Sicilian escape. When Catie meets handsome Giancarlo, she has stumbled across a love that could last forever… If only she can admit the truth about her past. But the scars of betrayal from her broken marriage and fragile family are only part of the story. Some secrets are too devastating to share… MY ..read more

On my blog today, I’m sharing my thoughts on the brilliant new novel by Jo Callaghan, Leave No Trace as part of the blog tour. With thanks to Anne Cater from Random Things Tours for inviting me to take part. BLURB One detective driven by instinct, the other by logic. It will take both to find a killer who knows the true meaning of fear . . .   When the body of a man is found crucified at the top of Mount Judd, AIDE Lock – the world’s first AI Detective – and DCS Kat Frank are thrust into the spotlight as they are given their first live case.   But with the discovery of another man’s ..read more

On my blog today, I’m sharing my thoughts on the new thriller by Lauren North, The Teacher’s Secret. BLURB On an ordinary Friday afternoon, popular teacher Mrs Walker and her eight-year-old son leave the school playground. But they never make it home… Being called in as a substitute teacher to replace a missing teacher – and mother – is the hardest job I’ve ever done. Cate Walker should still be here, in the role she loves. Her son Archie should be sitting in class with his friends. But instead they’ve disappeared and nobody has heard from them since… At drop-off and pick-up, the ..read more