Three Boys Gone – Mark Smith

Three Boys Gone – Mark Smith

Past teacher and popular author Mark Smith is well known for his YA novels (some of which are included in the school curriculum) but Three Boys Gone (Pan Macmillan 2024) is his first adult psychological thriller, and what a fantastic debut into the crime/mystery genre...
Red River Road – Anna Downes

Red River Road – Anna Downes

Strap yourselves in and hold on tight for the ride of your life with Anna Downes’ third psychological novel Red River Road (Affirm Press 2024), a breathtaking, nail-biting, edge of your seat crime thriller that had me firmly gripped from the first pages, with the...
Everywhere We Look – Martine Kropkowski

Everywhere We Look – Martine Kropkowski

Martine Kropkowski’s debut psychological thriller Everywhere We Look (Ultimo 2024) is a triumph of canvassing female relationships, domestic violence and coercive control almost without a single violent act on the page – the entire story is hint and subjective;...
Songs for the Dead and the Living – Sarah M Saleh

Songs for the Dead and the Living – Sarah M Saleh

Songs for the Dead and the Living (Affirm Press 2023) is a pertinent novel for our times. Written by Sara M Saleh, the daughter of immigrants from Palestine, Egypt and Lebanon, the author combines her personal experiences, the history of her family and her skill in...
Home Before Night – J.P. Pomare

Home Before Night – J.P. Pomare

J.P. Pomare writes consistently taut, tight, pacy crime thrillers that have captured the hearts and minds of crime readers since his first novel Call Me Evie, six books ago. This novella Home Before Night (Hachette 2023) is a contemporary thriller set during one of...
I’d Rather Not – Robert Skinner

I’d Rather Not – Robert Skinner

Robert Skinner’s hilarious and poignant collection of essays / memoir / short stories I’D RATHER NOT (Black Inc 2023) is a wonderfully witty and self-deprecating glimpse into the author’s life as he continues his quest for the next best thing or even something a...