Looking for your next favourite book? Or are you just wanting to add to that ever growing reading pile? Here are our latest recommendations for your next reading fix, just make sure you clear a little space on the shelf.
Geiger
by Gustaf Skördeman
No spoilers, but the opening to this book is an absolute cracker. This is an engaging and unpredictable spy drama, with all the twists and turns you could possibly need and a strong sense of character and place. The story develops into a chase involving the communist days of the DDR before the Berlin Wall came down, Russian spies and Swedish politics. A real page turner.
When Federal Agent Aaron Falk returns to his hometown for the funeral of his childhood best friend, he becomes embroiled in a murder investigation that hits close to home. The Dry is a gripping novel set in the drought-ridden Australian outback, where the harsh landscape reflects the tension and deceit at the heart of the story.
How to Kill Your Family
by Bella Mackie
Grace is in prison for a murder she didn’t commit… the six she did are still well hidden. In this brilliantly dark and funny novel Grace writes the story of how she killed each member of her family alongside telling the mundane realities of prison life. Grace is mean, judgemental and a murderer, as well being funny, dry and intelligent, making her the perfect anti-hero. By the end of the book I was rooting for her. I can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t enjoy this book – highly recommended.
A Killing in November
by Simon Mason
DI Ray Wilkins and DI Ryan Wilkins are each other’s opposites. Ray is neat as a pin and a college graduate, Ryan grew up on a trailer park with a violent, alcoholic father. They don’t get on but have to work together to solve two murders in a prestigious Oxford college. The first in this series introduces an unlikely duo from different sides of the tracks in a story full of dangerous turns, troubled pasts and unconventional detective work. Destined to be a hit and I can see this being snapped up for a TV drama?
The Paris Apartment
by Lucy Foley
When you buy this book don’t make any plans, because you won’t be able to put down until you finish it. Hot off the back of the roaring success of The Hunting Party and The Guest List this is another hit. Another wonderful locked room mystery from Foley who is undoubtedly earning a reputation as a modern day Agatha Christie.
It Starts With Us
by Colleen Hoover
If you loved the first book It Starts with Us then this is a must read. It picks up where the story of Atlas and Lilly left off. Revealing more about Atlas’s past and following Lily as she embraces a second chance at true love while navigating a jealous ex-husband, it proves that Colleen Hoover can once again give you an emotional read. If you haven’t read It Starts with Us then make sure you read this first, two books to get on your to be read pile, just make sure you have a box of tissues to hand.
The Winter Killer
by Alex Pine
This is the third book in the series featuring DI James Walker and is yet another well-plotted intriguing read. As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, DI Walker receives a phone call that puts paid to his Christmas break. During the wedding of the year at a lakeside hotel, the bride’s sister has vanished. Before the wedding night is out, the lake is being searched for a body.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A story of a Hollywood star telling her story of getting to the top, what she did to get there, the loves of her life and the highs and lows. This book is wonderfully written and filled with emotion, whilst still remaining fast paced and fun. This might be a little different from your usual read, but well worth it.