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Gorgeous cover reveal.... I'm fortunate to have already read this amazing, thought provoking novel. Want to know more? 1996 – Cabramatta, Sydney ‘Just let him go.’ Those are words Ky Tran will forever regret. The words she spoke when her parents called to ask if they should let her younger brother Denny out to celebrate his high school graduation with friends. That night, Denny – optimistic, guileless Denny – is brutally murdered inside a busy restaurant in the Sydney suburb

In my opinion... Book arrived, devoured it, life on hold. If you're heading off for a long weekend with your girlfriends, this is the perfect sun bed read- but , warning, choose your friends carefully! I love Lucy Clarke novels and have been a fan since reading The Sea Sisters. I am delighted to hear that The Blue is currently being made into a film & am looking forward to seeing if it is how I imagined it. I find all of Lucy's books are extremely visual & evocative of the lo

In my opinion... A fascinating and uncomfortable tale, with some neat twists towards the end. The setting is claustrophobic, with mother & daughter having lived in a bunker for 16 years to keep Esther 'safe'. In spite of this Esther emerges as a sympathetic character regardless of her mother's obsessive and extreme behaviour. My main criticism is that I found it hard to believe just how easily Esther adapts to the changes to her life which occur and doesn't seem particularly

In my opinion... Sara Cox comes over as a warm and fun personality both on the radio and her book programme 'Between the Covers'. And it is this cheeky voice that I could hear in my head all through her debut novel- her little sayings, her pithy descriptions; for a fellow Northerner these rang true & made me laugh out loud- which I very rarely do with novels. I wasn't aware that Sara had presented The Great Pottery Throwdown, but it obviously inspired her & gave authenticity