Source: Review copyPublication: 11 May 2023 from Hodder & StoughtonPP: 496ISBN-13: 978-1529382822 My thanks to Hodder & Stoughton for an advance copy for review Caz Ripley, a cafe owner from a small, ordinary town, boards the RMS Atlantica with her boyfriend Pete and a thousand fellow passengers destined for New York. The next morning, sheContinue reading “The Last Passenger by Will Dean @willrdean @HodderBooks @AlainnaGeorgiou”
Category Archives: Horror
Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward @Catrionaward @ViperBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 20 April 2023 from Viper BooksPP: 352ISBN-13: 978-1800810976 My thanks to Viper Books for an advance copy for review Writers are monsters. We eat everything we see… In a windswept cottage overlooking the sea, Wilder Harlow begins the last book he will ever write. It is the story of his childhood companionsContinue reading “Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward @Catrionaward @ViperBooks”
Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard @CorvusBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 11 August 2022 from Corvus BooksPP: 448ISBN-13: 978-1838951665 My thanks to Corvus Books for an advance copy for review Movie-making can be murder. The project Final Draft, a psychological horror, being filmed at a house deep in a forest, miles from anywhere in the wintry wilds of West Cork. The lead FormerContinue reading “Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard @CorvusBooks”
Sundial by Catriona Ward @Catrionaward @ViperBooks
Dark, psychologically disturbing, super intense and brilliantly written, Sundial is a book that will stay in your mind for a long, long time.
Reprieve by James Han Mattson @BloomsburyBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 5th October 2021 from BloomsburyPP: 416ISBN-13: 978-1526635563 Most people didn’t make it to Cell Six, he said. Most called out the safe word – reprieve – after the first Cell. It was that intense. When Bryan, Jaidee, Victor and Jane team up to compete at a full-contact escape room, it seemsContinue reading “Reprieve by James Han Mattson @BloomsburyBooks”
Come Closer by Sarah Gran @FaberBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 1ST July 2021 from Faber and FaberPP: 176ISBN-13: 978-0571355556 There was no reason to assume anything out of the ordinary was going on.Strange noises in the apartment.Impulsive behaviour.Intense dreams.It wasn’t like everything went wrong all at once.Shoplifting.Fighting.Blackouts.There must be a reasonable explanation for all this. I’m old enough to have read thisContinue reading “Come Closer by Sarah Gran @FaberBooks”
The Other Emily by Dean Koontz @deankoontz @AmazonPub @sophieglorita
Source: Review copyPublication: March 23rd 2021 from Thomas & MercerPP: 362ISBN-13: 978-1542019958 My thanks to Sophie Goodfellow of FMcM and Thomas &Mercer for the opportunity to review A decade ago, Emily Carlino vanished after her car broke down on a California highway. She was presumed to be one of serial killer Ronny Lee Jessup’s victimsContinue reading “The Other Emily by Dean Koontz @deankoontz @AmazonPub @sophieglorita”
The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor @cjtudor @MichaelJBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 21 January 2021 from Michael JosephPP: 400ISBN-13: 978-0241371305 My thanks to the publisher for an early copy for review. 500 years ago: eight martyrs were burnt to death30 years ago: two teenagers vanished without traceTwo months ago: the vicar committed suicide Welcome to Chapel Croft. For Rev Jack Brooks and teenage daughterContinue reading “The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor @cjtudor @MichaelJBooks”
The Game by Luca Veste @LucaVeste @simonschusterUK @jessbarratt88
Source: Review copyPublication: 12 November 2020 from Simon & SchusterPP: 432ISBN-13: 978-1471168185 THEY KNOW WHAT YOU DID You receive a call, an email, a text – someone knows your secret and they want to ruin you. AND THEY’RE OUT FOR BLOOD If you don’t do what they say, they’ll tell everyone what you’ve been hiding.Continue reading “The Game by Luca Veste @LucaVeste @simonschusterUK @jessbarratt88”
The Shadow Friend by Alex North @writer_north @MichaelJBooks @Ells85
Source: Review copyPublication: 9th July 2020 from Michael JosephPP: 368ISBN-13: 978-1405939287 The victim was his friend. So was the murderer. Twenty-five years ago, troubled teenager Charlie Crabtree committed a shocking and unprovoked murder. For Paul Adams, it’s a day he’ll never forget. He’s never forgiven himself for his part in what happened to his friendContinue reading “The Shadow Friend by Alex North @writer_north @MichaelJBooks @Ells85”
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