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Here you can find all of our past book reviews plus articles, Q&As and author inspiration pieces.


Review of All Them Dogs by Djamel White
He was forced to flee to England for five years but now, Tony is back in town.
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Review of This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum
A fabulously gripping, twisty and tender thriller wrapped around a love story, one that you'll want to fly through, yet savour.
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Review of A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage by M.K. Oliver
It’s time to meet your next favourite (and murderous) heroine: Lalla Rook. You’re going to LOVE HER!
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Review of I'll Be the Monster by Sean Gilbert
I’ll be the Monster is a literary thriller from a unique new voice, which taps into the essence of Donna Tartt and elitism...
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Review of What I Told My Friends by Alice Leigh
With twists and turns that lead to an ending that feels inescapable, and as though it had been clear as day upon the page from the very beginning, you’re brought on a journey that forces you to question every person who sets foot upon the page as you work to uncover the deepest truths of High Hill Manor, and the students that went there.
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Review of Very Slowly All at Once by Lauren Schott
Mack and Hailey Evans are exactly where they always envisioned themselves to be: both thriving in successful careers, living in a new home on a lakefront estate with their two beautiful children. But there’s one thing… their finances are scraping the bottom of the barrel, and somebody knows it.
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Review of Room 706 by Ellie Levenson
Kate meets her lover in a hotel room. Room 706 to be exact. As they’re getting ready to leave, she sees on the news that their hotel has been taken hostage. This is where the nightmare begins...
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Review of The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin
A New Zealand–set thriller that will keep you glued to every tension-filled page, The Vanishing Place.
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Review of Deadline by Steph McGovern
Deadline is a compelling, multi-layered read which gives a gripping peek behind the curtain of live television—and what happens when it all goes horrifyingly wrong.
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Review of The Compound by Aisling Rawle
Let me set the scene: ten single women wake up in a dilapidated, abandoned compound with no clue how they got there. Meanwhile, ten men are making their way through the jungle to join them. Sounds like the start of a reality show? That’s because it is...
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Review of The Stranger at the Wedding by A. E. Gauntlett
If you’re looking for a deliciously dark, hanging-of-the-edge, unreliable narrative thriller then we HIGHLY recommend that you pick up a copy of The Stranger at the Wedding because it is EVERYTHING and more that our dark little thriller-loving hearts need!
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Review of A Beautiful Family by Jennifer Trevelyan
A suspenseful and all-consuming summer thriller full of secrets and family drama!
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Review of The Retirement Plan by Sue Hincenbergs
The Retirement Plan is filled with twists, marriage bliss and unbliss and of course, humour which will have you falling in love with all of the characters.
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Review of The Tradwife’s Secret by Liane Child
We meet Madison March, a tradwife influencer with a huge following, a lovely family and the perfect life... or so it seems...
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Review of Cat Fight by Kit Conway
A domestic thriller for fans of Desperate Housewives...
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Review of The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson-Wheeler
Agatha Christie meets F. Scott Fitzgerald in this utterly captivating tale, where not everything that sparkles is gold.
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Review of Bad Blood by Sarah Hornsley
Imagine being given your first murder case, only to realise that the suspect of a double homicide is your childhood sweetheart...
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Review of Baby Teeth by Celia Silvani
TW: Miscariage and infant death. Claire begins to feel alone in her journey to motherhood, turning to the internet and the freebirthing...
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Review of This Immaculate Body by Emma van Straaten
If you were obsessed with Baby Reindeer, then you’ll be obsessed with This Immaculate Body!
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Review of The Day of the Roaring by Nina Bhadreshwar
a brilliant first slice of crime procedural thriller with some hard-hitting and thought-provoking themes
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