Louise Beech has always been haunted by the sea. She regularly writes travel pieces for the Hull Daily Mail, where she was a columnist for ten years. Her short fiction has won the Glass Woman Prize, the Eric Hoffer Award for Prose, and the Aesthetica Creative Works competition, as well as shortlisting for the Bridport Prize twice and being published in a variety of UK magazines. Louise lives with her husband and children on the outskirts of Hull the UKs 2017 City of Culture and loves her job as a Front of House Usher at Hull Truck Theatre, where her first play was performed in 2012. She was also part of the Mums Army on Lizzie and Carls BBC Radio Humberside Breakfast Show for three years.
Seven Days (2024) Robert Rutherford "A tense, snappy, charged thriller, with complex family relationships, a great twist halfway, and brilliant locations."
From Now Until Forever (2023) Rowan Coleman "This beautiful book is about time, magic and love - so make the time because it's magic and you'll love it."
Dirt (2023) (Jonny Murphy Files, book 1) Sarah Sultoon "Full of danger and pulsating characters."
The Manhattan Girls (2022) Gill Paul "Well, I feel--closing the pages of this book--like I've just departed from friends. Good friends. Warm, witty, flawed, diverse friends, whose gossip and shenanigans I'll sorely miss because Gill Paul is the MISTRESS of putting you right there in the company of her characters. She is a also a magician when it comes to bringing real life historical characters to the page in her fiction, cleverly weaving fact in with what-might-have-beens. Dorothy Parker is a fascinating woman, and Gill adds to her story. This book is a real treat and I highly recommend."
The Gone & the Forgotten (2022) Clare Whitfield "What a beautiful, absorbing, emotional book. I was on that remote island with these characters, lost in their unfolding dramas and the barren landscape and long-past secrets. I was with young Prue on her quest to disperse the shadows of her past, and certainly identified with many of the things she had been through. A stunning read."
Do No Harm (2022) Jack Jordan "The definition of edge of your seat, nail-biting, buttock-clenching thriller."
Tomorrow I Become a Woman (2022) Aiwanose Odafen "Tomorrow I Become a Woman is an accomplished and emotional triumph. With deft language and in-depth characters, the book explores female friendships, difficulties and loss. It pulses with life, and taught me a lot."
Nobody But Us (2022) Laure Van Rensburg "Superbly written, so sharp, descript and cunning. Deliciously dark and utterly addictive."
Fall (2021) West Camel "West Camel is a truly gifted wordsmith, and a beautiful storyteller."
The River Between Us (2021) Liz Fenwick "Once again, Liz Fenwick has proved she is the mistress of pure escapism. Spanning generations, with a beautiful love story and unearthed secrets about ancestry at its core, this book is just what the world needs right now."
Josie Lloyd "This inspirational, hard-hitting, warm, and funny book pulsated with truth and experience."
The Girls Are All So Nice Here (2021) Laurie Elizabeth Flynn "The easiest five star rating I've given. The pace doesn't let up, the twists never stopped, and you never ever know who to trust or what to believe."
The Last Resort (2020) Susi Holliday "What a trip! I love how Holliday writes, unafraid to mix genres. And this is no exception. Another ‘like nothing you’ve read’ thriller from one of my fave writers."
What Lies Between Us (2020) John Marrs "Tense, affecting, and well-crafted, and keeps you in the dark until the explosive conclusion."
The Murder House (2020) (DCI Matilda Darke, book 5) Michael Wood "Gory, brutal, devastating, utterly addictive and yet so finely written. This deserves to be huge – and I think it will be. His best yet."
What's Left of Me Is Yours (2019) Stephanie Scott "A beautiful, beautiful book that defies genre - and my words... This is truly an epic, meticulously and lovingly researched, with such exquisite description and detail that I read the same lines over, many times…I will not forget this book for a long time."
Good Samaritans (2018) (Detective Sergeant Pace, book 1) Will Carver "A dark and addictive novel that felt deliciously sexy to read, like I should read it where no one could see."
Dead North (2018) (Sam Williams, book 1) Joel Hames "Hames is such a talent that he has created a white-knuckle, breathlessly-paced read that also has heart. Beautifully written and thrilling, Dead North deserves to go to the top of any chart."
Julep Street (2017) Craig Lancaster "Julep Street is gentle yet brutal, sharply funny, and full of gorgeous light and shade."
