The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou – Elani Kyriacou THEY HAVE TOLD SO MANY LIES ABOUT ME. London, 1954. Zina Pavlou, a Cypriot grandmother, waits quietly in the custody of the Metropolitan police. She can't speak their language, but she understands what their wary looks mean: she has been accused of the brutal murder of her daughter-in-law. Eva Georgiou, Greek interpreter for the Met, knows how it feels to be voiceless as an immigrant woman.

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou – Elani Kyriacou

THEY HAVE TOLD SO MANY LIES ABOUT ME. London, 1954. Zina Pavlou, a Cypriot grandmother, waits quietly in the custody of the Metropolitan police. She can't speak their language, but she understands what their wary looks mean: she has been accused…

Finders Keepers – Natalie Barelli Dear Diary. Today I'm going to kill her. Love, Rose. When Rose discovers her troubled past splashed across the pages of a bestselling book, she knows her carefully constructed life is about to unravel. The author, Emily Harper, claims the story is fiction, but Rose knows better. Desperate to find out how Emily discovered her deepest secrets, Rose ingratiates herself into the author's life, posing as an eager assistant and adoring fan.

Finders Keepers – Natalie Barelli

Dear Diary. Today I'm going to kill her. Love, Rose. When Rose discovers her troubled past splashed across the pages of a bestselling book, she knows her carefully constructed life is about to unravel. The author, Emily Harper, claims the story is fiction, but…

Nesting – Roisin O’Donnell On a bright spring afternoon, Ciara Fay makes a split-second decision that will change everything. Grabbing an armful of clothes off the clothesline, she straps her two young daughters into her car and drives away. Head spinning, all she knows for certain is that home is no longer safe—and that this time, when she leaves, she must stay away. On the surface, she has a perfect life: her sometimes kind and attentive husband, Ryan, is a good provider from a nice family, and they have another baby on the way.

Nesting – Roisin O’Donnell

On a bright spring afternoon, Ciara Fay makes a split-second decision that will change everything. Grabbing an armful of clothes off the clothesline, she straps her two young daughters into her car and drives away. Head spinning, all she knows for certain is that home is…

Haven’t Killed In Years – Amy K Green No one is supposed to know harmless office worker Gwen Tanner is the vanished daughter of serial killer Abel Haggerty. But a low profile and a new name aren’t going to cut it when an obsessive new killer starts targeting her, in this lively and propulsive thriller with a standout voice. Marin Haggerty, the daughter of a notorious serial killer, was only a child when they arrested her father.

Haven’t Killed In Years – Amy K Green

No one is supposed to know harmless office worker Gwen Tanner is the vanished daughter of serial killer Abel Haggerty. But a low profile and a new name aren’t going to cut it when an obsessive new killer starts targeting her, in this lively and propulsive…

Cross My Heart – Megan Collins She has his dead wife’s heart; the one she wants is his. The author of The Family Plot brings her signature prose to a twisty novel about a heart transplant patient who becomes romantically obsessed with her donor’s husband. Rosie Lachlan wants nothing more than to find The One. A year after she was dumped in her wedding dress, she’s working at her parents’ bridal salon, anxious for a happy ending that can’t come soon enough.

Cross My Heart – Megan Collins

She has his dead wife’s heart; the one she wants is his. The author of The Family Plot brings her signature prose to a twisty novel about a heart transplant patient who becomes romantically obsessed with her donor’s husband. Rosie Lachlan wants nothing more than to…

59 Minutes – Holly Seddon If you knew you had fifty-nine minutes until everything and everyone you love would be lost forever, what would you do with that time? It's an ordinary evening. People are coming home from work, cooking dinner for their children, cuddling on sofas with their lovers. And then the message arrives, shattering everyone's worlds: Missiles are set to destroy England in fifty-nine minutes.

59 Minutes – Holly Seddon

If you knew you had fifty-nine minutes until everything and everyone you love would be lost forever, what would you do with that time? It's an ordinary evening. People are coming home from work, cooking dinner for their children, cuddling on sofas with their lovers. And…

Meredith, Alone – Claire Alexander Meredith Maggs has everything a person needs. A best friend in Sadie.A beloved cat in Fred.Jigsaws to fill the time.Recipes to perfect.Even a weekly visit from the Tesco delivery guy. So what if she hasn't left the house in 1,214 days? That her memories are treacherous, and it's getting harder to ignore the estranged sister knocking at her door.

Meredith, Alone – Claire Alexander

Meredith Maggs has everything a person needs. A best friend in Sadie.A beloved cat in Fred.Jigsaws to fill the time.Recipes to perfect.Even a weekly visit from the Tesco delivery guy. So what if she hasn't left the house in 1,214 days? That her memories are…

✍️🩸🏝️The Pledge by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett… A Book Blog Tour Review!!! ✍️🩸🏝️ As guests are picked off one by one, an elite group on a Caribbean island faces their darkest fears. Only one will escape alive.

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Finding Grace – Loretta Rothschild 'Shocking, stylish, elegant, and twisting. A truly stunning debut' Chris Whitaker, NYT bestselling author of All the Colours of the Dark'One of the best books I've read this year' Jodi Picoult SHE THOUGHT IT WAS FATE. I KNEW IT WASN'T. Honor's life is nearly perfect: she adores her bright and beautiful daughter, Chloe, and her charming, handsome husband, Tom, even if he works one hundred hours a week.

Finding Grace – Loretta Rothschild

'Shocking, stylish, elegant, and twisting. A truly stunning debut' Chris Whitaker, NYT bestselling author of All the Colours of the Dark'One of the best books I've read this year' Jodi Picoult SHE THOUGHT IT WAS FATE. I KNEW IT WASN'T. Honor's life is nearly…

More Or Less Maddy – Lisa Genova Maddy Banks is just like any other stressed-out freshman at NYU. Between schoolwork, exams, navigating life in the city, and a recent breakup, it's normal to be feeling overwhelmed. It doesn't help that she's always felt like the odd one out in her picture-perfect Connecticut family. But Maddy's latest low is devastatingly low, convincing her to go on an antidepressant. She begins to feel good, dazzling good in fact, and she soon spirals high into a wild and terrifying mania that culminates in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.

More Or Less Maddy – Lisa Genova

Maddy Banks is just like any other stressed-out freshman at NYU. Between schoolwork, exams, navigating life in the city, and a recent breakup, it's normal to be feeling overwhelmed. It doesn't help that she's always felt like the odd one out in her picture-perfect…

Theo of Golden – Allen Levi 'For anything to be truly good, there must be love in it. Nothing is what it's supposed to be if love is not at the core.' One morning, a stranger arrives in the town of Golden. No one knows who he is or where he came from… His name is Theo and he's arrived there by chance – or has he?

Theo of Golden – Allen Levi

'For anything to be truly good, there must be love in it. Nothing is what it's supposed to be if love is not at the core.' One morning, a stranger arrives in the town of Golden. No one knows who he is or where he came from… His name is Theo and he's arrived there by…

Fruit Fly – Josh Silver 'This is an incredible book ... tough and raw and merciless but funny and kind at the same time.' Russell T. Davies, writer of It's a Sin A BBC must-read book of 2026 - 'Sharp, dark and humorous, it's a real nailbiter.' Anyone can write a bestseller. Here’s how. GO GAY It’s been seven years since Mallory shot to fame as a literary sensation.

Fruit Fly – Josh Silver

'This is an incredible book ... tough and raw and merciless but funny and kind at the same time.' Russell T. Davies, writer of It's a Sin A BBC must-read book of 2026 - 'Sharp, dark and humorous, it's a real nailbiter.' Anyone can write a bestseller. Here’s how. GO GAY It’s…

Dear Debbie – Freida McFadden Sometimes, enough is enough… Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and neighborly advice. Through her work, Debbie has heard from countless women who are ignored, belittled, or even abused by their husbands. And Debbie does her best to guide them in the right direction.

Dear Debbie – Freida McFadden

Sometimes, enough is enough… Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and neighborly advice. Through her work, Debbie has heard from countless women…

Who Is Maud Dixon? – Alexandra Andrews

Celebrated, bestselling, elusive...who is Maud Dixon?Florence Darrow wants to be a writer. Correction: Florence Darrow IS going to be a writer.  Fired from her first job in publishing, she jumps at the chance to be assistant to the celebrated Maud Dixon, the…

Half His Age – Jennette McCurdy From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I’m Glad My Mom Died comes a sad, funny, thrilling novel about sex, consumerism, class, desire, loneliness, the internet, rage, intimacy, power, and the (oftentimes misguided) lengths we’ll go to in order to get what we want. Waldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Forceful. Hurting. Perceptive. Endlessly wanting.

Half His Age – Jennette McCurdy

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I’m Glad My Mom Died comes a sad, funny, thrilling novel about sex, consumerism, class, desire, loneliness, the internet, rage, intimacy, power, and the (oftentimes misguided) lengths we’ll go to in order to get what…

The Echo Wife – Sarah Gailey I’m embarrassed, still, by how long it took me to notice. Everything was right there in the open, right there in front of me, but it still took me so long to see the person I had married. It took me so long to hate him. Martine is a genetically cloned replica made from Evelyn Caldwell’s award-winning research. She’s patient and gentle and obedient.

The Echo Wife – Sarah Gailey

I’m embarrassed, still, by how long it took me to notice. Everything was right there in the open, right there in front of me, but it still took me so long to see the person I had married. It took me so long to hate him. Martine is a genetically cloned replica made from…

Connie – Charlotte Duckworth They know she killed them. They've just never known why. Connie Cross was a trusted pharmacy assistant when she was arrested for the gruesome murders of at least seven strangers. Now, she's serving a whole-life order for the shocking crimes she refuses to explain. Olivia Lang never forgot Connie, the awkward teenager from a south London estate she first met while working for the police.

Connie – Charlotte Duckworth

They know she killed them. They've just never known why. Connie Cross was a trusted pharmacy assistant when she was arrested for the gruesome murders of at least seven strangers. Now, she's serving a whole-life order for the shocking crimes she refuses to explain.…

Three Reasons for Revenge – Dervla McTiernan Someone’s been watching. Someone’s been waiting. Alexis Turner walks into the police station to report an assault. By the end of the day, she is nowhere to be found. Soon after she disappears, three identical packages arrive at three very different a respected psychologist's home, a socialite's mansion, and a struggling single father's run-down apartment. Inside, each gift is perfectly tailored to its recipient — and each will tear apart the life of its intended victim.

Three Reasons for Revenge – Dervla McTiernan

Someone’s been watching. Someone’s been waiting. Alexis Turner walks into the police station to report an assault. By the end of the day, she is nowhere to be found. Soon after she disappears, three identical packages arrive at three very different a…

My Friends – Fredrik Backman #1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger’s life twenty-five years later. Most people don’t even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world.

My Friends – Fredrik Backman

#1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger’s life twenty-five years later. Most people don’t even notice…

Head Cases – John McMahon (Head Cases #1) Head Cases follows an enigmatic group of FBI agents as they hunt down a murderer seeking his own justice in this electrifying—and commercial—series debut. FBI Agent Gardner Camden is an analytical genius with an affinity for puzzles. He also has a blind spot on the human side of investigations, a blindness that sometimes even includes people in his own life, like his beloved seven-year-old daughter Camila.

Head Cases – John McMahon (Head Cases #1)

Head Cases follows an enigmatic group of FBI agents as they hunt down a murderer seeking his own justice in this electrifying—and commercial—series debut. FBI Agent Gardner Camden is an analytical genius with an affinity for puzzles. He also has a blind…

56 Days – Catherine Ryan Howard No one knew they were together. Now one of them is dead. 56 DAYS AGOCiara and Oliver meet in a Dublin supermarket queue, just as COVID-19 begins creeping across Ireland. A spark. A chance. A distraction-from everything they're trying to outrun. 35 DAYS AGOWith lockdown looming, Oliver suggests they move in together. For Ciara, it feels like a rare opportunity to let a relationship bloom in total privacy.

56 Days – Catherine Ryan Howard

No one knew they were together. Now one of them is dead. 56 DAYS AGOCiara and Oliver meet in a Dublin supermarket queue, just as COVID-19 begins creeping across Ireland. A spark. A chance. A distraction-from everything they're trying to outrun. 35 DAYS AGOWith…

The Better Mother – Jennifer Van De Kleut A woman ends up pregnant after a casual fling, but the father's girlfriend has much more sinister intentions in this plot-driven suspense debut. A modern spin on Fatal Attraction meets The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, perfect for fans of The Last Mrs. Parrish. Still recovering from a devastating breakup, 34-year-old Savannah Mitchell has finally managed to put her life back together when she gets the shock of her life—after a brief fling with a man named Max, she is pregnant.

The Better Mother – Jennifer Van De Kleut

A woman ends up pregnant after a casual fling, but the father's girlfriend has much more sinister intentions in this plot-driven suspense debut. A modern spin on Fatal Attraction meets The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, perfect for fans of The Last Mrs.…

Blog Tour – Dead Heat – Sabine Durrant Former journalist Matt Grimshaw’s life is at a low ebb. He’s been ‘let go’ by the paper where he’s worked for years, and his relationship with his long-term girlfriend has come unstuck. So when an invitation arrives from his two closest friends, Celia and Adam Murphy, to join them at their house in Greece, he jumps at it. It may be harsh and unwelcoming on the Mani Peninsula but Matt determines to stay there for the whole summer and to write his much put-off screen-play.

Blog Tour – Dead Heat – Sabine Durrant

Former journalist Matt Grimshaw’s life is at a low ebb. He’s been ‘let go’ by the paper where he’s worked for years, and his relationship with his long-term girlfriend has come unstuck. So when an invitation arrives from his two closest friends, Celia and…

Chris Bridges: The Death Bed Today I’m joining the blog tour for The Death Bed. My review is written with thanks to Tracy Fenton for inviting me on the tour and to the publisher for my copy of the book. Blurb: She’s not …

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A Quickie with…. Vaseem Khan I am thrilled to have a quickie with my lovely, super busy, super talented mate Vaseem Khan. Vaseem Khan is a British writer, author of the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency novels – a series of crime novels set in India–featuring retired Mumbai police Inspector Ashwin Chopra and his sidekick, a baby elephant named Ganesha. Previously Khan won a Shamus Award and the Eastern Eye's Arts Culture & Theatre Awards for Literature.

A Quickie with…. Vaseem Khan

I am thrilled to have a quickie with my lovely, super busy, super talented mate Vaseem Khan. Vaseem Khan is a British writer, author of the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency novels – a series of crime novels set in India–featuring retired Mumbai police Inspector Ashwin…

Chris Carter: Genesis Today I’m back on the Chris Carter blogathon with my review of Genesis. My review is written with thanks to Tracy Fenton for inviting me on the blogathon. Blurb: A killing like no other.A kil…

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Top Ten Books of 2025 Another year, another chance to look back at the books I've read or listened to. Some I've loved, some have made me cry, some have made me question my own sanity and some I've wanted to insist EVERYONE reads immediately. According to Goodreads I'm on track to meet my own reading challenge of 100 books so to choose 10 books from this list isn't that easy.

Top Ten Books of 2025

Another year, another chance to look back at the books I've read or listened to. Some I've loved, some have made me cry, some have made me question my own sanity and some I've wanted to insist EVERYONE reads immediately. According to Goodreads I'm on track to meet my own…

Dear Darling – Ella King He is going to prove he loved me. I am going to prove he ruined me. For those who loved My Dark Vanessa and Three Women, DEAR DARLING is a bold, beautiful and unflinching story about the crossed borders of desire – and one woman’s path to retribution. Lauren Tan has waited for this day for twenty years. The day she’d receive the letter saying he was out of prison.

Dear Darling – Ella King

He is going to prove he loved me. I am going to prove he ruined me. For those who loved My Dark Vanessa and Three Women, DEAR DARLING is a bold, beautiful and unflinching story about the crossed borders of desire – and one woman’s path to retribution. Lauren Tan has waited…

#Review: Life Begins at the Cornish Cottage by Kim Nash @KimTheBookworm @BoldwoodBooks @Tr4cyF3nt0n #blogtour #newrelease #BoldwoodBloggers #romance #RespectRomFic #SandpiperShores #LifeBeginsattheCo... I’m really delighted today to be joining the blog tour and sharing my review of the second book in Kim Nash’s Sandpiper Shores series, Life Begins at the Cornish Cottage. Published on 31st Oc…

#Review: Life Begins at the Cornish Cottage by Kim Nash @KimTheBookworm @BoldwoodBooks @Tr4cyF3nt0n #blogtour #newrelease #BoldwoodBloggers #romance #RespectRomFic #SandpiperShores #LifeBeginsattheCornishCottage beinganne.com/2025/12/revi...

A Quickie with….. Araminta Hall It's Friday, which means it's time for Series 2, episode 3 of A Quickie with..... and this week the lovely Araminta Hall is chatting about her new book. Araminta lives by the sea in Brighton, on the south coast of England, with her husband and three children who come and go between universities and flat shares. Most of her time is spent in her gorgeous writing cabin battling words, but she also loves walking her dog on the beach, doing a bit of very amateur gardening, seeing friends and reading, reading, reading.

A Quickie with….. Araminta Hall

It's Friday, which means it's time for Series 2, episode 3 of A Quickie with..... and this week the lovely Araminta Hall is chatting about her new book. Araminta lives by the sea in Brighton, on the south coast of England, with her husband and three children who…