The annual Halloween party hosted by a group of influential mothers, coined the Ivy Five, is the neighbourhood’s most anticipated event of the year. All the neighbours and invited friends enjoy drinks, trick-or-treating, and subtly flaunting to others how wonderful their lives are. And for the Ivy Five – now …
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
It’s past midnight and you’re waiting for your seventeen-year-old son to come home. He’s late. You spot him from the window and realise he isn’t alone. There is a stranger and your son is walking towards him, he is armed. You watch in horror. Your son killed someone. You don’t …
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
After losing his wife to a terminal disease, Mukesh lives a lonely life. He still continues their old routines of grocery shopping on Wednesday and going to Temple but unlike his wife, he cannot connect with his granddaughter and it worries him that he might be losing another precious relationship. …
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
What Moves the Dead is a retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Fall of Usher,” that is poised to fill you with fear. The House of Usher is a home of nightmares. With abnormal fungal growth, possessed wildlife, a glowing lake, and strange acting inhabitants, it is up to …
These Deadly Games by Diana Urban
When Crystal Donovan receives a cryptic text message asking if she wants to play a game, her first instinct is to delete it – until she spots the video attached. It’s her sister, bound and gagged, with the message below stating to ensure her safety, she must play the game. …
The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
If she can’t help you in ten sessions, she won’t take you on as a client. From abuse to assault, Avery Chambers will help you overcome your trauma whilst avoiding her own. Her newest clients are Marissa and Matthew Bishop, previously coined a golden couple, until Marissa cheats. Marissa is …
Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
Claire Kovalik is on her final mission and days away from being unemployed, skilled in a position now obsolete, when the beacon on her repair ship picks up a distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth, Claire and her team decide to respond. What …
Ordinary Monsters by J. M. Miro
Set in 1882, Ordinary Monsters is a fantasy novel about magical talent, those who possess it, those who protect it, and those who seek its power. Sixteen-year-old Charlie Ovid is one of those magical talents who despite a lifetime of brutality, does not have a mark on him. Young Marlowe has the …
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
Luli wants to be an actress and she doesn’t care if has to play a monster to be a star. What Luli doesn’t realise is that the worst monsters aren’t those on-screen and Luli will do anything to succeed even if she must transform from playing a monster into being one. Is Siren Queen worth a read? – FOR IMAGE
Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor
In a rural Australian town, twelve-year-old Esther disappears. Detective Sergeant Sarah Michaels arrives in town determined to find answers and hopefully, Esther alive and safe – just lost in the vastness of the outback. Ronnie too, is determined to find her best friend and bring her safely home. When schoolfriend …
Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin
Tell Me an Ending is a dystopian novel that follows four characters and what they choose to remember or forget, forever. With technology that allows memories to be removed, what will they choose? An architect in Arizona believes his wife is having an affair. A college dropout wonders why she can …
This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno
This thing between us is an Itza, an advanced smart speaker Vera bought for their home; an item Thiago didn’t care about, if Vera was happy so was he. Plus, her reasoning behind her purchase – as an item that would bring fun to their new strange home was solid, …