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Last Seen Alive by Claire Douglas My rating: 5 of 5 stars It starts as a lesson in ‘if it looks to good to be true, it is,’ and builds suspense until a fantastic twist a little after midway through. Loads of surprises along the way, a well-meshed plot, fantastic characters, this was a completely…

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Mikael Blomkvist, a disgraced financial journalist, and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander investigate the disappearance of Harriet Vanger 40 years ago. An absolutely fantastic literary achievement, the first book in the Millennium series was unputdownable. It started out a bit daunting,…

The Night Visitor by Lucy Atkins My rating: 5 of 5 stars Fantastic novel by Lucy Atkins with well-developed and life-like characters, creepy scenes, a myriad of twists and turns and an absolutely spot-on ending. Multi-layered and enjoyable from start to finish, The Night Visitor follows Professor Olivia Sweetman and draws you into her life…

The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell My rating: 4 of 5 stars Lisa Jewell is the master of character development and The Girls in the Garden is no exception. The book is set in a communal garden where the children are completely free to roam in and out of each others’ houses and…

I Found You by Lisa Jewell My rating: 5 of 5 stars A man is sitting on the beach outside Alice’s house. When she goes out to speak to him, he has no name, no jacket and no memory of how he got there. Against her better judgement, she invites him into her home. Unravelling…

Don’t Close Your Eyes by Holly Seddon My rating: 5 of 5 stars Holly Seddon is great at writing believable, relatable characters. I found Don’t Close Your Eyes completely different from her first book. It’s more a domestic suspense with themes on betrayal, guilt and mental health than a psychological thriller, but that being said,…

Silent Child by Sarah A. Denzil My rating: 5 of 5 stars Emma has finally found some semblance of happiness after her son was washed away during a flood. Then, ten years later, her son is found. The problem? He’s too traumatized to speak. I absolutely loved this book and couldn’t put it down. I…

Ten Birthdays by Kerry Wilkinson On Poppy’s birthday, the year after her mother died, she’s given ten letters, each of her birthdays over ten years. The letters are from her mother – all the things she wasn’t able to say to her daughter before she died. The premise was intriguing and I loved the idea…

The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda My rating: 5 of 5 stars Failed journalist Leah Stevens abruptly leaves Boston after a restraining order and the threat of a lawsuit after writing a dubious story. She moves to rural Pennsylvania with an old friend, Emmy Grey, but their new start is threatened when a woman who…

I See You by Clare Mackintosh My rating: 5 of 5 stars Every second book inevitably gets compared to the first, and I See You is no exception. I Let You Go was one of my favorite books ever, so of course this book isn’t quite on that same level to me – but that…

Where The Truth Lies by Julie Corbin My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was a great book from Julie Corbin about Claire, who’s found out her husband has been keeping a secret that could harm their four-year old daughter. With their daughter’s life at stake, and no longer trusting her husband, Claire decides to…

The Stranger by Saskia Sarginson My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book opens with Ellie unexpectedly witnessing the death of her husband in a car accident. Reeling from this and coming to terms with evidence he was cheating on her, Ellie must face the fact she doesn’t know him as well as she thought…