The Night She Disappeared
By: Lisa Jewell
Release Date | September 7
Genre | Thriller
On a random night in 2017, Kim watches her daughter leave for a date, agreeing to babysit her child and patiently wait for her return. And she waits. And waits. But Kim, never returns that night. The next morning, Kim phones all of Tallulah's friends asking if they have seen or heard from her daughter only to discover the last time she was seen, she was leaving to attend a house party near the woods.
Fast forward to 2019, on another random day Sophie is walking near those exact woods when she stumbles upon a sign saying "Dig Here."
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A Dark and Starless Forest
By: Sarah Hollowell
Release Date | September 14
Genre | Fantasy
In an isolated house by the lakeside lives Derry, her eight siblings, and Frank, the man who raised them. Frank tells them the isolation is for their safety, that the world isn't ready for people with magic and the eerie forest that surrounds them is too dangerous to enter.
Derry and her eldest sister Jane swore to each other to never step foot in the forest after their last bloody encounter and to heed Frank's warning but when Jane goes missing and Derry is certain she saw her walk directly into the woods, Derry is no longer sure what is going on and when another sibling goes missing and their protector Franks's true personality appears, Derry realises her home is no longer safe.
She will do anything to protect the siblings that remain, even if it means stepping into the forest. In the confines of the trees she will be required to embrace the darkness otherwise risk losing another sibling but, her magic could be more dangerous than imagined.
Find the review | HERE | for A Dark and Starless Forest
Dark Things I Adore
By: Katie Lattari
Release Date | September 14
Genre | Thriller
Women will trip when a man manipulates them but when a woman manipulates a man, they will crumble. Audra is determined to make one man crumble and pay for his past.
Thirty years ago, a group of artistic outcasts attended camp to further their potential but instead of artistic development, they gained secrets, revealed dark ambitions, discovered terrible truths, and became involved in a death that would haunt the two survivors for decades to come.
In 2018, Max Durant has just arrived at his protégé's home to view her graduate thesis collection. Durant recognises Audra's brilliance, understands that being invited into her world is a gift he cannot squander but little does he know, Audra has orchestrated the whole weekend and woven the perfect web to make him crumble. Somebody must pay and Audra is going to make it happen.
Her Perfect Life
By: Hank Phillippi Ryan
Release Date | September 14
Genre | Thriller
Lily Atwood has it all. Fame, Emmys, glory, a sweet daughter whom she loves, and fans who adore her. All Lily has to do to keep her perfect life is protect one secret.
The secret? That the televised stories she reports on all have one anonymous source, a source she trusted until it began to feed her information about herself. Information they shouldn't know, couldn't know, and Lily is terrified they are determined to destroy the world she created. The question is, how much will she risk to keep it?
My Sweet Girl
By: Amanda Jayatissa
Release Date | September 14
Genre | Thriller
Ever since being adopted from a Sri Lankan orphanage by an American couple, Pamola has lived an envious life. A life filled with the best of everything and parents so perfect, she sometimes fear she will fail them. The problem is, no matter the distance, the past will always catch up.
Recently cut off from her parents, 30 year-old Pamola decides to sublet her second room to Arun, an Indian who has recently moved to America. Not only is she earning money from renting the room but to Pamola, it feels good to help another individual navigate the craziness of America - well, that is until he discovers her darkest secret. A secret that if told, could ruin her.
But, before Pamola can bribe him to keep the secret, she returns home to find him face down in a pool of blood and not breathing. Rushing from the apartment in fear, she returns with the police to find nothing. There is no body. There is no Arun. There is no evidence. Did her secret die with him or is she in even greater danger than before?
White Smoke
By: Tiffany D. Jackson
Release Date | September 14
Genre | Horror
White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson is a mind-bending horror novel modernising the classic haunted house story and a story, I am eager to read.
Marigold, Mari for short, is running from the ghosts of her past. The small new town her mother has been offered a job in is exactly the change she needs to escape the ghosts. The only issue is, the new job comes with free accomodation and Mari must share a room with her younger stepsister, Piper.
Their new home resides on Maple Street and is the epitome of picture perfect, the ideal home for any family except, the neighbours are wary and the house seems to be hiding secrets. There is a foul smell only Mari notices, voices are being heard throughout the halls, lights are turning off on their own, and things are disappearing. The scariest thing of all is that Piper will not stop talking about her new friend who wants Mari gone.
But, running from ghosts is only a metaphor - right?
Find the review | HERE | for White Smoke
Under the Whispering Door
By: TJ Klune
Release Date | September 21
Genre | Fantasy
On the outskirts of a small village and nestled between two mountains lays a teashop run by Hugo. Hugo is both the owner of the teashop and the ferryman for souls that need to cross to the other side and it is here, where Wallace Price has just been led by a reaper.
Wallace isn't ready to go, he has barely lived and with Hugo's help, discovers all the things he has missed. When the teashop manager arrives stating Wallace has one week to cross over, Wallace is determined to live a lifetime in those seven days.
After reading The House in the Cerulean Sea (a novel absolutely worth your time FYI), I am ready for another heartwarming story by TJ Klune.
Find the full review | HERE | for Under the Whispering Door
As Good as Dead
By: Holly Jackson
Release Date | September 28
Genre | Mystery
The third and final instalment in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, As Good as Dead wraps up the story of Pip and her investigations. As I was left with so many questions after Good Girl, Bad Blood, I CANNOT WAIT for this release! I am hoping for more character growth in Pip and some unexpected plot intensity.
In As Good as Dead, the victim is someone Pip knows well - herself. She has become desensitised to the online hate, no longer fazed when people angrily post insults at her but when one comes her way asking, "who will look for you when you're the one who disappears," Pip is finally rattled especially when it continues to pop up online and eventually where she lives. Pip has a stalker and the police refuse to help.
As detective Pip does, she takes the matter into her own hands discovering a connection between her stalker and a serial killer who has been jailed for the past six years. Pip believes the wrong man has been convicted and it is up to her to find the answers and if she doesn't, she may just disappear. EEEKKK!!!
Find the review | HERE | for As Good as Dead
The Annual Migration of Clouds
By: Premme Mohamed
Release Date | September 28
Genre | Science Fiction
A dystopian novel about mind-altering fungi? Um, I think my name is being called. The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed is a post-climate crisis apocalyptic world where food shortages and limited opportunities are left to succeed and protect oneself. The destruction of the climate would have been enough alone to destroy the remaining humans but Cad, a mind-altering fungi, emerges to further help fracture the world.
Reid, an individual who has been infected with Cad, has just been offered a chance to escape and move to an area that mimics the world everyone once knew and although the opportunity sounds wonderful, she cannot bring herself to leave her mother or community that rely on her.
But, when she's offered another opportunity to earn a hefty profit on a dangerous mission, Reid cannot dismiss the chance that would set her and her family up for life. Can she trust herself or will the fungi wreck havoc on her mind?
Summer Sons
By: Lee Mandelo
Release Date | September 28
Genre | Horror
Andrew and Eddie are best friends. Growing up, they did everything together that is, until Andrew left to start his graduate program at Vanderbilt. Six months later, days before Andrew was set to join him and continue their life of doing things together, Eddie dies of an apparent suicide. Andrew is then left with a world he never asked for and a phantom following him who wants revenge. A phantom that makes Andrew search for the truth behind Eddie's death, a truth filled with lies and secrets from the person he trusted the most.
Drugs, hot boys, and fast cars begin to crack the walls Andrew has built around himself and as his world begins to crumble, the phantom that craves him draws closer in.
