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The Gathering (2024)C J Tudor"Tudor slays with this brilliantly imaginative take on the vampire genre. This genre is tailor made for her. It's as if it's her own invention. There's nothing she can't turn her hand to. Fangbloodytastic."The Rip (2024)Holly Craig"A fun, rapid fire thriller crammed full of domestic drama. Unputdownable." To Die For (2023)Lisa Gray"Slick, smart and sassy as hell, To Die For has more twists than the Pacific Coast Highway. Lisa knows how to grab your attention from the get go with this memorable ensemble and it never lets up. Her best book yet." All the Little Liars (2023)Victoria Selman"Flew through it in 24 hours. Fantastically addictive, the absolute definition of bingeable. Emma Cline's The Girls meets Gillian Flynn's Dark Places in a heady mix of deception and whodunit. Loved it even more than Truly, Darkly, Deeply." We're All Lying (2023)Marie Still"I love a twisty, turny thriller and this was exactly that. A gripping, empathetic read and a wonderful debut." Strange Sally Diamond (2023)Liz Nugent"Achingly beautiful with a cast of characters that'll remain with you long after the final page is turned. Already one of the must-read books of 2023." Mother's Day (2023)Abigail Burdess"Deliciously dark, dripping in malice and drenched with razor sharp wit. Burdess is a writer to be watched - and feared." The Hike (2022)Susi Holliday"An expertly paced, relentless thriller. Love the red herrings and it genuinely kept me guessing right up until the last page." The Other Side of Night (2022)Adam Hamdy"A fantastic read. Mind bending, gut wrenchingly tense and one of the most original stories I've read in years. It was an absolute treat." A Stranger on Board (2022)Cameron Ward"Agatha Christie meets Die Hard on water. A fantastic, full throttle thriller that never takes its foot off the accelerator." Complicit (2022)Winnie M Li"Powerful and compulsive, an era-defining novel that's impossible to put down." The Attic Child (2022)Lola Jaye"As educational as it was exceptional. I was nowhere near ready for it to end. It was heartbreakingly sad yet life affirming and full of hope. One of the most important books you'll read all year." The Pact (2021)Sharon Bolton"You won't be able to turn the pages fast enough. A thriller with so many twists and turns you may need to take a travel sickness tablet before reading." Sleepless (2020)Louise Mumford"The Circle meets Black Mirror in a thrilling, plausible and gripping debut. Frighteningly inventive." The Push (2020)Claire McGowan"The definition of an utterly absorbing page turner. Richly drawn out characters, a compelling plot, and a finale that will keep you guessing." The Magnificent Sons (2020)Justin Myers"Tales Of The City for a new generation . . . smart, touching, razor-sharp one-liners, a life-affirming read with characters that burst from the page yet remain believable. I fell utterly in love with it." The Babysitter (2020)Phoebe Morgan"Smart and sophisticated, with a payoff that’s well worth the wait. This is a dark, chilling thriller oozing with secrets, betrayals and twists." The Wreckage (2020)Robin Morgan-Bentley"It doesn't feel like a first novel at all, it's written with the confidence of someone several books into their writing career. I absolutely loved Alice and her sarcasm. It's a great original idea, and the style reminded me in parts of authors like Clare Mackintosh, TM Logan and Mark Edwards." The Alibi Girl (2020)(Alibi , book 2)C J Skuse"It has everything you’d expect from Skuse; tragic twists and turns but always with heart at its core. Heart-wrenching, impossible to predict and completely absorbing." The Liar's Daughter (2020)Claire Allan"A psychological thriller with a heart: taut, emotionally challenging and unlike so many thrillers, each twist and turn is here because it deserves to be and not for the sake of it." The God Game (2020)Danny Tobey"Like an episode of Black Mirror written by Stephen King. It reminded me in parts of Stand By Me meets Ready Player One - a wildly original thriller with heart." I Will Make You Pay (2019)Teresa Driscoll"Another highly accomplished, breathless thriller…had me awake until the early hours, bleary-eyed and craving just one more chapter." The Nobody People (2019)(Resonant Duology, book 1)Bob Proehl"The epitome of a page-turner, with well-drawn-out characters, tense set pieces, and a cinematic feel." Trance (2019)(Alex Madison, book 1)Adam Southward"A tense, original thriller that perfectly blends the nail-biting suspense and shocks of Silence of the Lambs and Shutter Island." Across the Void (2019)S K Vaughn"The mysterious SK Vaughn has taken a well-loved genre and given it a much needed shot in the arm. Fantastic idea, but delivered with such heart, incredible tension, and beautifully drawn out characters. It’s the best survival thriller I’ve read since The Martian." A Version of the Truth (2019)The Couple's Secret
B P Walter"Day one of my holiday lost to B P Walter and his intriguing thriller A Version of the Truth. If you like Peter Swanson, this will be right up your dark, twisted alley." Before Her Eyes (2018)Jack Jordan"Packed with intense, unpredictable, heart-stopping moments, this is a first rate psychological thriller you won't forget in a hurry. It's one of those 'just one more chapter' books you don't want to put down." One Way (2018)(Frank Kitteridge, book 1)S J Morden"A rip-roaring thriller of a book that hits the ground running and doesn't stop until the final chapter." Dead North (2018)(Sam Williams, book 1)Joel Hames"Will leave me with a thriller hangover for some time." The Memory Chamber (2018)Holly Cave"Strikingly original and impossible to put down; one of those novels that stays with you long after you reach the final page. Holly has created a fictitious world that feels impossibly real; a story that you wish you had written." Close to Home (2017)(DI Fawley Thriller, book 1)Cara Hunter"Close to Home hit the ground running and didn't stop right until the final page . . . the last [twist] was a genuine stroke of genius . . . told in a unique, modern way that sets the bar for new crime writers . . . the last time I felt that excited by a book was A Kind Worth Killing." Visitors also looked at these authors
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