Category: Thriller

Recent Reads: What She Found in the Woods by Josephine Angelini

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What She Found in the Woods by Josephine Angelini is about Madga, a teenage girl from New York, who has caused problems in her old life, and has come to live with her grandparents, somewhere she hasn’t been for a couple of years, but where she used to summer every year, so there are other teens in the area that her grandparents fish up for her to socialise with again.

You find out more about Magda as you read the book, but you start out with a young woman who needs to take pills, and talks about guilt.  She starts to take walks in the woods near her grandparents house, and one day meets a guy, Bo, who tells her his family lives in the woods.

Magda is keeping his secret, trying to act like a normal college age teen, whilst knowing she won’t be accepted by any college, so she starts volunteering at a woman’s refuge in the town, with some of her friends. 

This was a thrill ride, as you learn more about Magda, Bo, the woman’s refuge, and someone called Dr Goodnight.  It is a book written for teens, but that just means all of the emotions come across more intensely, which really works for a thriller.

What She Found in the Woods was published on 25th July 2019,  and is available to buy on Amazon  and on Waterstones.  I’ve found a link to where you can search for local bookshops, including independent!

You can follow Josephine Angelini on Twitter, or through her website.


I was given this book for free in return for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Pan MacMillan (the publishers) for this book.
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Recent Reads: The End of the Line by Gray Williams

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The End of the Line by Gray Williams is a fantasy thriller, with a small group of people trapped by doing a job, transporting a demon to Siberia in the hopes of sending it back to where it came from.

The story jumps between present day and the past, telling the story of how they got into this situation, and some background for the characters.

This was one of those books where I found I didn’t actually like some of the characters, and you’re not meant to, but I was still rooting for them.

To me, The End of the Line is an original spin on thriller concept.  I haven’t read a book that looks at the same topics, and to have the countdown happening at the top of every chapter in the present does give it that edge of the seat feeling.

If you enjoy thrillers, then give this a go!  

The End of the Line was published on 8th July 2019,  and is available to buy on Amazon  and on Waterstones (audio CD only for Waterstones!).  I’ve found a link to where you can search for local bookshops, including independent!

You can follow Gray Williams on Twitter, or through his website.


I was given this book for free in return for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Canelo (the publishers) for this book.
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Recent Reads: The Nowhere Child by Christian White

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Sammy Went disappeared as a little girl just over twenty years ago from Manson, Kentucky, and now Kim Leamy in Australia is being told that she is this missing child.

The Nowhere Child goes between present day and when Sammy goes missing, and tells a story that I sped through, wanting to know more.  

Kim’s journey to understand what happened, and meet her family is well told, with the pain of Kim’s memories of her mother being betrayed, and Kim’s Australian sister.

I really enjoyed this book, and thought it was paced well, with twists and turns throughout.  If you enjoy crime or thriller novels, then you’ll probably enjoy this!

The Nowhere Child was published on 22nd January this year, and is available on Amazon and Waterstones to pre-order, and everywhere else you can find books!  I’ve found a link to where you can search for local bookshops, including independent!


I was given this book for free in return for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Harper Collins (the publishers) for this book.
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Recent Reads: The Rumour by Lesley Kara

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When a rumour starts going around that a female child killer lives in their small seaside town, women of the right age start to be suspected, and the town is enraged.

Joanne passes on the rumour, and the ramifications of that act are horrible, as things start happening to her.

People start to act differently in the town, and Joanne becomes obsessed with articles about the child killer.

This was a very good psychological thriller, and it reminded me of Mary Higgins Clarke, with the protagonist being at the centre of the action, and sweeping you along, through twists and turns.

The Rumour is out now, and is available on Amazon, and everywhere else you can find books!

I was given this book for free in return for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and Random House and Transworld (the publishers) for this book.

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Recent Reads: The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup

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The Chestnut Man is a serial killer, who leaves these seemingly innocent chestnut men dolls at the scene of the crime, with the fingerprint of a girl who went missing a year ago!

This is a well written thriller, with imperfect characters in a race against time to try to find the killer, whilst trying to work out what the fingerprint means!

This is the debut novel by the writer of the TV program, The Killing, and what a great debut!

If you enjoy crime novels, nordic noir or thrillers, then you’ll find this gripping!

The Chestnut Man is out now, and is available on Amazon, and everywhere else you can find books!

I was given this book for free in return for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and Penguin UK and Micheal Joseph (the publishers) for this book.
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