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June 3, 2019 Australian / debut / Literary Fiction / novel

If a Lana Del Rey Song became a novel: Dolores by Lauren Aimee Curtis

If you asked me what was this novel like? I would say it felt like a backstory of a Lana

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April 25, 2019 Australian / debut / mystery / novel / suspense / thriller

Call Me Evie by J.P. Pomare

A short take: For fans of Before I Go to Sleep, Call Me Evie is a story that develops slowly

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February 12, 2019 crime / debut / mystery / novel / Swedish

The search for a missing daughter in never ending light: The Silver Road

‘There’s something about death that gets under your skin and destroys you from the inside. Nobody warns you about it

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September 18, 2018 british / contemporary / Netgalley / novel / Psychological

A suffocating father-daughter relationship: Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

If there was a contest of writing, that will require telling a story using the least amount of words, this

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August 1, 2018 british / contemporary / Netgalley / novel / YA

Toxic friendships, Toxic community: Toxic by Nicci Cloke

My shot is sugary and sharp in my throat, and the empty plastic glasses slam back onto the table like

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July 25, 2018 contemporary / Netgalley / novel / Swedish

Everyone against themselves, Us Against You.

Beartown, also published as the Scandal, is one of the best books I’ve read this year and I  was thrilled

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July 21, 2018 American / mystery / novel / suspense / thriller / YA / young adult

Four suspects. One victim. Plenty of questions #OneOfUsIsLying

Karen McManus’s One of Us is Lying might the best thriller I’ve read this year. It is a roller coaster ride

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July 18, 2018 british / mystery / Netgalley / novel / thriller

Watching You by Lisa Jewell

I’ve read a few books from Lisa Jewell and I can confidently say this is the best one! I might

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July 9, 2018 American / mystery / Netgalley / novel / page turner / suspense / thriller

Two truths and a lie : Last Time I Lied

We have read Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager by Norrie from Reading Under the Blankie. Reading in parallel

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May 31, 2018 british / mystery / novel / suspense / thriller

Why I didn’t like it : Cross Her Heart by Sarah Pinborough

Sometimes you trust an author and just pick up her books without thinking, I wouldn’t be doing this for Sarah

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May 24, 2018 british / mystery / novel / Psychological / suspense / thriller

Mutual garden, separate interests: The Girls by Lisa Jewell

If you’re a keen follower of this blog, you should already know I wasn’t in love with other Lisa Jewell

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April 29, 2018 british / contemporary / debut / novel

Oh Darling, you have a problem: Darling by Rachel Edwards

It took less than six months for everything to fall apart. That’s how Darling, a debut novel by Rachel Edwards opens.

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