A captivating read told entirely from Milla's point of view, it’s also been translated into 22 languages.
Read it because… It reminds us of an 80s classic horror film that’s been brought bang up to date. At first, the trip is every bit as exhilarating as she hoped, but it soon becomes clear that time has not healed all the group’s old resentments-nor has it shed any light on what happened to Saskia, the girl who disappeared all those years ago… A hugely enjoyable cat-and-mouse whodunnit. When Milla joins her snowboarding friends for a reunion in the same French Alps resort where they competed against each other ten years ago, she believes she’s there at the behest of Curtis, the man she cannot seem to let go. Reese Witherspoon also bought the rights to her book, The Dry, which was turned into a film starring Eric Bana.Ī line we love: "The sea swelled again, and this time the drag of the undertow was strong enough that he took a step toward her. The author, Jane Harper, also has a string of best-sellers under her belt - including the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel, British Book Awards Crime and Thriller Book of the Year, and the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year. Read it because… It’s a slow burn mystery that oozes atmosphere. This, her most recent novel, is an intricate and atmospheric why-and-whodunnit set in a small costal town, where secrets are rife and old wounds still weep.
Jane Harper has emerged as one of the top must-read authors in the crime thriller genre over the past few years, and her debut The Dry was made into a movie starring Eric Bana which broke box-office records when it premiered in the author’s native Australia.
Helene Flood is a Oslo-based psychologist herself, so there are deep insights in this book, translated from her native Norwegian by Alison McCullough.Ī line we love: "If you remember everything, it’s hard to recall the significant things-the things you have to remember." Who can she really trust? It’s a slow and creepy build-up-you might want to avoid reading this one at night! After all, her husband, Sigurd, has already left her a message to say he’s arrived, so Jan Erik must be playing a prank, right? But when the police launch a murder investigation, and strange things start to happen in Sara’s home at night, she realises she needs to dissect her own relationship in the same way she does her client’s lives, to figure out what happened to him. So when Jan Erik, her husband's best friend, calls to say he never showed up for their weekend away together, she doesn’t immediately panic. Sara’s career as a therapist means she spends her days dealing with drama.