Reading

The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. […]

‘I, Witness’ is the first in a series featuring PI Madison Attallee. It is no mistake that when I sat down (finally) to write that novel I’d been talking about for years I came up with a character like her. I like complex, outspoken women; my heroes growing up were Tank Girl, Madonna and Courtney […]

The Chalk Man – C. J. Tudor None of us ever agreed on the exact beginning. Was it when we started drawing the chalk figures, or when they started to appear on their own? Was it the terrible accident? Or when they found the first body? Really, believe the hype about this book. It is […]

‘NEW NAME . NEW FAMILY. SHINY. NEW. ME.’ Annie’s mother is a serial killer. The only way she can make it stop is to hand her in to the police. But out of sight is not out of mind. As her mother’s trial looms, the secrets of her past won’t let Annie sleep, even with […]

A beautifully written and chilling debut. Rattle is part classic serial killer thriller, and part psychological thriller. It also explores, marriage, pressure, children with illness, and the impact this might have on families. I loved it. Some of the reviews said it’s an upsetting read so I went into this book expecting graphic violence and […]

I liked Lane and I liked Allegra, the two central characters in this book. Interest in characters will always keep me reading, so I was hooked from page one. The writing and characterisation reminded me a lot of Gillian Flynn. It’s spiky, but easy and compelling, and this book also has a great southern American […]