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The Secrets She Keeps

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Written by Michael Robotham — So many books create earworms, either through their titles – think Ragdoll by Daniel Cole or William Shaw’s Sympathy for the Devil – or because of the music that plays a part in the story. Douglas Skelton’s recent Tag –…
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Final Girls

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Written by Riley Sager — The concept of the final girl is well known to fans of slasher horror flicks. Halloween, Scream, Alien – in each the protagonists are killed one by one down to a final girl. In 2015, a comedy pastiche was released…
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The Lying Game

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The Woman in Cabin 10 author Ruth Ware channels her inner Enid Blyton here for an edgy psychological thriller with its roots in a boarding school. 17 years ago, Isa, Fatima, Thea and Kate formed a tight-knit group at Salten School, scoring points off their…
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Fierce Kingdom

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Written by Gin Phillips — If you want to write a psychological thriller as compelling as this Gin Phillips debut, here’s how. If you’re a parent- or can imagine being one, construct your worst nightmare scenario. Include all the situations you’ve imagined where you and…
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The Lying Game

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Written by Ruth Ware — There’s so much great crime writing out there these days that you can’t read everything, can you? That’s why The Girl on the Train is still on my to be read list, alongside The Woman in Cabin 10, which was one…
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Dis Mem Ber

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Written by Joyce Carol Oates – This collection of mostly longish short stories features Oates’s sly humour and penchant for the off-kilter. There’s something just a little bit obsessive, just a little wrong about many of the protagonists who appear. Sometimes, there’s a lot wrong. Someplace along…
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Exquisite

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Written by Sarah Stovell — It takes quite some nerve to combine the title ‘Exquisite’ with the sensuous cover art of this book. Yet the picture of an isolated house against a dark background with a feminine curve cutting across it (or could that represent be the hills…
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