Day of the Accident
Written by Nuala Ellwood — You may have been looking forward to picking up this second book by Nuala Ellwood, following her debut thriller, My Sister’s Bones. This deftly explored the themes of civil war and domestic violence through the lens of a damaged war reporter with…
The Shape of Lies
Written by Rachel Abbott — We’re reached number eight in Rachel Abbott’s much loved series featuring DCI Tom Douglas and our hero has domestic issues to keep him occupied. But all thoughts of teenage daughter Lucy, and why she suddenly wants to come and live…
Her Pretty Face
Written by Robyn Harding — Frances Metcalfe is at an all time low. She’s overweight and unhappy, and when her son Marcus, who has ADHD, takes revenge on a classmate by secretly peeing in her water bottle, Frances finds herself ostracised by all the yummy…
The Lost Man
This gives Jane Harper’s debut The Dry a run for its money in my book as the location returns to the Australian Outback after a trip to the rain forest in her second, Force of Nature. Unlike the first two novels, detective Aaron Falk is absent and there is…
The Golden Child
Written by Wendy James — There are some pretty nasty characters out in the world. Hit and run drivers, hostage takers, robbers, serial killers, pre-teenage girls…. And yes, I meant to include that last category. Girls approaching their teens can prove a little unpredictable –…
The Lost Man
Written by Jane Harper – It was only last year that Val McDermid highlighted Jane Harper’s debut The Dry during her New Blood session at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Festival in Harrogate. The Australian author’s novel went on to win awards, sell zillions and see…
Helen FitzGerald's The Cry comes to BBC One
No fights. No gunshots. Not even a drop of blood. And yet The Cry, which began airing on BBC One on Sunday 30 September is as harrowing as any crime show you’re likely to watch for quite some time. Adapted from Helen FitzGerald’s 2013 novel…