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Author Anthony Horowitz is called upon by ex detective Hawthorne to write a true crime book about the case of a woman who was murdered hours after arranging her own funeral. The Word is Murder is the first book in the Hawthorne and Horowitz murder mystery and detective series. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the premise […]

Millie, her husband and her children, are excited to move into a new home. But their happiness is threatened by one neighbour’s relentless flirting and snide comments, and another neighbour being unfriendly and judgemental. Things get even worse when a body is discovered… The Housemaid is Watching is the third book to feature Millie, a […]

The Sanatorium was chosen by my book club under the genre ‘horror’. I think thriller (detective, mystery and psychological combined) is more apt but wouldn’t count it as horror despite some grisly episodes. Elin is a detective but on holiday. Her destination is a luxury hotel situated in a former sanatorium with a sinister reputation. […]

TRIGGER WARNING: historical animal abuse, sexual exploitation of children and violence London, 1601. Shay is swept up in the world of the Elizabethan theatre when she befriends Nonesuch, a teenaged actor. Soon Shay finds herself performing and capturing the attention of the queen herself… The Ghost Theatre is an historical novel with supernatural and fantasy […]

Actress Rey has been out of work since her last public meltdown. Now she is offered a role to relaunch her career and she cannot refuse. The only problem is she needs to swim which she hasn’t done since her little sister vanished at the beach decades ago… Her Last Summer is a psychological thriller […]