Louise Candlish recommends
The Honeymoon (2023)Kate Gray"Secrets, lies and the mother of all cover-ups ... I was gripped by this twisty tale of two couples' honeymoons colliding." The Forgetting (2023)Hannah Beckerman"A tense, claustrophobic, sinister portrait of a marriage. The Forgetting plunges us into the darkness of amnesia and then tantalizes us with a drip-feed of memories. Skillfully clued and suspenseful - I loved it." The Mother (2023)T M Logan"I ripped through The Mother in a day, my heart in my mouth the entire time. Superbly plotted and packed full of danger, this is T.M. Logan's best, most adrenaline-fuelled thriller yet." In the Blink of an Eye (2023)(Kat and Lock, book 1)Jo Callaghan"A fresh and intriguing detective double act - I fell hard for all-too-human Kat and her AI colleague Lock . . . a riveting cold case mystery told with compassion and verve." The Skeleton Key (2022)Erin Kelly"A feat of real ambition and imagination - original, suspenseful, and with complex characters that spring irresistibly to life on the page, this is Erin Kelly at her finest." Do No Harm (2022)Jack Jordan"With proper breath-taking, pulse-racing levels of tension. Tracking heart surgeon Anna as she grapples with an impossible moral dilemma, I almost felt I was going under the knife myself." It Ends at Midnight (2022)Harriet Tyce"It Ends At Midnight takes us into the deepest, most toxic recesses of human behaviour. With the author's signature blend of courtroom suspense and relationships in mortal crisis, this is another delicious treat from Tyce." Reputation (2022)Sarah Vaughan"A terrifically entertaining legal drama and an unsettling cautionary tale for any woman considering entering politics - 5 stars." The Maid (2022)(Molly the Maid mystery, book 1)Nita Prose"The Maid is elegant, warmhearted, and wry, and Molly the most winningly offbeat narrator since Eleanor Oliphant. An absolute joy - I didn't want it to end!" The Wedding Party (2021)Tammy Cohen"Tense plotting, razor-sharp writing, and some on-the-nose relatable characterization. Highly recommended." Both of You (2021)Woman Last Seen
Adele Parks"I've always loved Adele Parks’s gripping, immersive novels and Both of You is one of her very best. Ambitious, nail-biting, darkly voyeuristic I tore through it in two sittings." The Wild Girls (2021)Phoebe Morgan"When three estranged friends set off for an all-expenses-paid trip to Botswana, you just know it won’t be long before the discover the catch and what a terrifying one it is! Tense, well-paced and with a cast of relatable flesh-and-blood women, The Wild Girls is an exhilarating, read-in-one sitting ride." Five Strangers (2021)E V Adamson"Both a tightly-plotted, entertaining work of suspense and an unflinching study of the trauma of witnessing violence, FIVE STRANGERS had me gripped from the first shocking chapter." While Paris Slept (2021)Ruth Druart"Both epic and intimate, this unexpected story of two couples' sacrifices in war-torn France had me completely and utterly enraptured. You'll have your heart in your mouth and tears on your cheeks as it reaches its rich, life-affirming conclusion." The Push (2020)Claire McGowan"I loved this story. The flesh-and-blood characters, dry wit, and brilliant plotting are every bit as enjoyable as Big Little Lies." One by One (2020)Ruth Ware"The sense of dread deepens as the snow falls in Ruth Ware's tensely plotted and deliciously cast alpine thriller." The Glass House (2020)The Daughters of Foxcote Manor
Eve Chase"I just love Eve Chase's lyrical writing and evocative sense of place. The Daughters of Foxcote Manor is her best yet...A treat." The Silent Treatment (2020)Abbie Greaves"Not so much a case of 'he said/she said' as 'he didn't say/she didn't say, ' this moving debut unpicks the secret selves of Maggie and Frank to reveal the tragic miscommunications of their broken family. It's a pleasure to read such a stylish and confident new voice--readers are going to love discovering Abbie Greaves." Q (2020)Master Class
Christina Dalcher"Like all the best dystopian fiction, Q takes the reader just a pace or two beyond where we’re already at. This is a sharply written and terrifyingly plausible tale of an education system where less than perfect is a life-threatening condition
I devoured it in a single day." To Kill a Man (2020)(Maggie Costello, book 5)Sam Bourne"A compulsive, zeitgeisty tale of gender politics and social-media manipulation. The perfect post-#MeToo thriller -- I gobbled it up." She (2020)HC Warner"SHE is a dark and delicious guessing game, designed to be read with the same relish as it is told. I gobbled up the story of the villainous Bella and her destruction of her husband Ben’s world in less than a day. Addictive stuff." The Lying Room (2019)Nicci French"The hook of The Lying Room is chilling
From the very first page, Nicci French remains one step ahead of us as we race to unpick Neve Connolly's deadly tangle. Expertly paced, psychologically sharp, thoroughly enjoyable." Layover (2019)David Bell"You meet someone at an airport and the connection between you is so irresistible you change your flight and chase after them. This killer premise kicks off David Bell's twisty, breakneck thriller, and has you tearing through the pages to a shattering finale." Part of the Family (2019)Charlotte Philby"Charlotte Philby’s debut The Most Difficult Thing is an enigmatic and slippery beast, a cool new generation of spy novel. Just as the characters play cat and mouse with one another, so does the author with her readers it’s a guessing game right to the end and I turned the last page with my heart pounding. Recommended." Little Sister (2017)Isabel Ashdown"A missing baby girl, a marriage ravaged by mistrust, a sibling rivalry with a very dark heart: LITTLE SISTER had me gripped from start to finish." Truly Madly Guilty (2016)Liane Moriarty"A masterclass in teasing, drip-feed storytelling, this tale of three recognizably flesh-and-blood couples navigating the fallout of a disastrous social gathering is another triumph for Liane Moriarty. I loved every line of it." More recommendations Anthologies containing stories by Louise Candlish
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