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Book Review: The Lost Daughter by Gill Paul

The history of the Romanovs has been explored in many forms since their brutal execution…

Book Review: What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

Becky Albertalli (Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Leah on the Off Beat) and Adam…

Book Review: Palm Beach, Finland by Antti Tuomainen

The darkly comical Fargo might be worlds away from Baywatch, but bring the two together in…

The Haunting of Hill House review: Seriously scary supernatural horror with a psychological edge

Terrorised families and traumatised children are staples of the supernatural horror genre, playing on our…

Book Review: The Boneless Mercies by April Genevieve Tucholke

Epigraphs don’t get any better than the one in April Genevieve Tucholke’s The Boneless Mercies…

Book Review: It Ends With You by S. K. Wright

When Eva Pieachowski’s body is discovered in a ditch in the local woods, there’s one…

Book Review: The Year of Living Awkwardly by Emma Chastain

Emma Chastain’s 2017 debut Confessions of a High School Disaster was a pure delight – a…

Book Review: The Key by Kathryn Hughes

Kathryn Hughes’ The Key is a historical novel with genuine heart, packing an emotional punch with…

Book Review: Lying To You by Amanda Reynolds

With echoes of Liane Moriarty’s The Husband’s Secret, Amanda Reynolds’s second novel, Lying To You,…

Book Review: Jinxed by Amy McCulloch

“What if our smartphones were more than just slabs of metal and glass in our…

From historical fiction to family dramas: 10 must-read books for September

It seems just yesterday that we were yearning for those warm, carefree summer months and…

Book Review: Mirage by Somaiya Daud

If there’s a quote from Somaiya Daud’s Mirage that perfectly describes the themes of her debut…