#10 Dying Breath by Helen Phifer

The woman’s face was pale and waxy. Her milky, partially open eyes stared into the distance. There were drag marks in the grass; she’d been placed here and posed. Who did this to you and why have they left you like this? When a woman’s body is found on a lonely patch of scrubland, Detective Lucy Harwin is…

#9 Dark House by Helen Phifer

 shadowy figure in the dark was dragging something heavy behind them. Lizzy pulled the covers over her head, then realised what was being dragged… For years, the Moore Asylum housed the forgotten children of Brooklyn Bay. But now, a man is found murdered in the derelict building, strapped to a steel trolley, launching a heart-racing…

♯2 The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Alicia Berenson lived a seemingly perfect life until one day six years ago.  When she shot her husband in the head five times.  Since then she hasn’t spoken a single word.  It’s time to find out why. Paperback | 339 pages Publisher: Orion (12th December 2019) @thisgirlsbookshelf gave such a glowing review of this on…

♯1. The One by John Marrs

One simple mouth swab is all it takes. A quick DNA test to find your perfect partner – the one you’re genetically made for. A decade after scientists discover everyone has a gene they share with just one other person, millions have taken the test, desperate to find true love. Now, five more people meet their Match….