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What I Told My Friends by Alice Leigh

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

25 March, 2026

Alice Leigh’s debut is pitched as a coming-of-age dark academia thriller, leaving her with big expectations to fulfil. While it contains all the essential ingredients of the subgenre, its style and themes align more closely with young adult fiction. The setting of High Hill Manor…

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Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams

By DeathBecomesHer

22 March, 2026

Two women go into a maze of caves and only one comes out alive in a story with as many twists and turns and hidden depths as the caverns they are exploring in Taylor Adams’ Her Last Breath. The palpable sense of claustrophobia is strong…

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The Truth About Ruby Cooper by Liz Nugent

By DeathBecomesHer

18 March, 2026

Truth is in the title of Liz Nugent’s latest book – and truth, or the lack of it, is at the heart of this story too. Ruby Cooper and her elder sister Erin live a sheltered and comfortable life in Boston, the cosseted daughters of…

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Sharks by Simone Buchholz

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

17 March, 2026

Translated by Rachel Ward — Sharks is the eighth novel featuring our intrepid, acerbic and tough Hamburg state prosecutor Chastity Riley, and frankly, I can’t get enough of her. Sharks is just as dark and gritty as other books in the series, from Blue Night…

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Greedy by Callie Kazumi

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

12 March, 2026

Ed Cook is a British immigrant living in Tokyo with his Japanese wife, Sayuri, and their toddler daughter, Kaori. Having been unemployed for six months, Ed spends his days in illegal pachinko parlours or betting on horses. He has squandered their savings and his daughter’s…

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The Murder at World’s End by Ross Montgomery

By Erin Britton

12 March, 2026

A historical locked-room mystery that balances homage with invention, The Murder at World’s End is Ross Montgomery’s debut adult novel. Set in the autumn of 1910 on a windswept island off the Cornish coast, it is both a complex puzzle mystery and a vivid evocation…

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Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward

By Vicki Weisfeld

11 March, 2026

Catriona Ward’s new thriller, Nowhere Burning, might be hard to classify but will appeal to crime fiction lovers who like the dark side – a little gothic horror mixed with suspense. The story involves three main sets of characters in three time periods who for…

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One True Word by Snæbjörn Arngrímsson

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

7 March, 2026

Translated by Larissa Kyzer — Icelandic children’s author Snæbjörn Arngrímsson makes a complete genre U-turn with his first crime novel, a psychological thriller with a unique premise and a distinctly unsettling perspective. Júlía, a freelance writer, is in a bit of a fix. During a…

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What I Told My Friends by Alice Leigh

Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams

The Truth About Ruby Cooper by Liz Nugent

Sharks by Simone Buchholz

Greedy by Callie Kazumi

The Murder at World’s End by Ross Montgomery

Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward

One True Word by Snæbjörn Arngrímsson

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