One Step Too Far, by Tina Seskis (Michael Joseph, RRP $37): Emily Coleman wakes up one day and simply disappears: she walks away from an apparently happy family with her husband and son, her lovely home and lovely life. But that…
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Keyes’ chronicles continue
The Mystery of Mercy Close, by Marian Keyes (Michael Joseph, RRP $38): If you have read any of Marian Keyes’ earlier stories featuring the delightfully dysfunctional Walsh family, this will be the one you’ve been waiting for. The Walsh family…
Nordic authors come in from the cold
There seems to be a bit of a trend for kick-ass Scandinavian thrillers of late. Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy has pushed the Nordic murder-mystery genre into the spotlight and those books have made a whole lot of readers sit up…
Strong opinions won’t disappoint
The World According To Clarkson Volume 4: How Hard Can it Be? by Jeremy Clarkson (Michael Joseph, RRP $42): This is the fourth volume in the bestselling “World According to Clarkson” series by Top Gear frontman Jeremy Clarkson. His columns…
Edge-of-the-seat stuff
Complicit, by Nicci French (Michael Joseph, RRP $37): Now here’s what I like to see: a psychological thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat in anticipation. Nicci French is actually the pseudonym of Brit husband-and-wife thriller-writing team…
Part six of the trilogy from a fan
And Another Thing, by Eion Colfer (Michael Joseph, RRP $45): Yes, this is it, the latest instalment in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series: part six of Douglas Adams’ trilogy in four parts. Sadly, Adams died before he was…
Digi-novel fell short of expectations
Level 26: Dark Origins, by Anthony E Zuiker with Duane Swierczynski (Michael Joseph, RRP: $37): I really wanted to love this book but, sadly, it just didn’t do it for me. Promoted as the world’s first digi-novel, Level 26: Dark…
Story will keep you guessing
Singing to the Dead, by Caro Ramsay (Michael Joseph, RRP $37): Two little boys are abducted from the streets of Glasgow and it seems that’s not all they have in common. They are also both children who have been neglected by…