Read an extract from She Lies Close by Sharon Doering

Five-year-old Ava Boone has been missing for six months. There are have been no leads,…

Book Review: D – A Tale of Two Worlds by Michel Faber

Where to start when describing the story held between the gorgeous gold-foil adorned covers of…

Author Letter: Nic Stone on the inspiration behind her YA novel Dear Justyce

In this author letter, published in Dear Justyce, author Nic Stone writes about the inspiration…

Book Review: Help Yourself by Curtis Sittenfeld

Curtis Sittenfeld has had a busy few years. Her first collection of short stories, You…

Clare Whitfield on the idea behind her dark historical crime novel People of Abandoned Character

The idea for the story, a woman who thinks she might be married to the…

Francine Toon on the Halloween traditions that inspired her debut novel Pine

For many people, especially in England, where I now live, Halloween is just another commercial…

Book Review: Fire Queen by Joanna Courtney

The story of Shakespeare’s Ophelia is one that most of us will know, even if…

Book Review: The Seven Doors by Agnes Ravatn

Norwegian writer Agnes Ravatn made waves in the crowded Nordic noir shelves with the understated…

Book Review: Punching The Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

When Ibi Zoboi first met Yusef Salaam back in 1999, neither could have foreseen that…

Book Review: We Are All The Same In The Dark by Julia Heaberlin

When Wyatt Branson discovers a teenage girl dumped in a field of dandelions by the…

Book Review: The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

In The Bone Shard Daughter, Andrea Stewart has brought forth an intriguing world that has…

10 of the best new books to read this September

September is a bumper month for the world of publishing, with hundreds of new books…