PSYCHO THRILLERS By Christena Appleyard for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 5 November 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 5 November 2020 THE GAME by Luca Veste (S&S £7.99, 432 pp) THE GAME by Luca Veste (S&S £7.99, 432 pp) This is a very disturbing tale of what happens when toxic masculinity is empowered by … Read more
PSYCHO THRILLERS By Christena Appleyard for the Daily Mail Published: 22:13 BST, 8 October 2020 | Updated: 22:13 BST, 8 October 2020 PLAYDATE by Alex Dahl (Head of Zeus £18.99, 320pp) PLAYDATE by Alex Dahl (Head of Zeus £18.99, 320pp) Norwegian thrillers are still having their moment. This is the story of a seven-year-old girl … Read more
PSYCHO THRILLERS By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 10:27 BST, 11 September 2020 | Updated: 10:27 BST, 11 September 2020 YOU CAN TRUST ME by Emma Rowley (Orion £8.99, 368 pp) YOU CAN TRUST ME by Emma Rowley (Orion £8.99, 368 pp) Rowley has a firm grip on language and plot, and her easy, chatty style disguises … Read more
During the early afternoon of September 12, 1960, an unmarked car drove along Great Portland Street in central London and drew up outside No 159, a branch of the Midland Bank. The two men inside were from MI5, Britain’s counter-espionage service. They glanced up and down the street before they entered the five-storey building and … Read more
THRILLERS By Geoffrey Wheatcroft For The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 BST, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 20 August 2020 THE GLASS KINGDOM by Lawrence Osborne (Hogarth £16.99, 304 pp) THE GLASS KINGDOM by Lawrence Osborne (Hogarth £16.99, 304 pp) Regularly described as ‘the new Graham Greene’, Osborne writes subtle, elegant and atmospheric thrillers. … Read more
PSYCHO THRILLERS By Christena Appleyard for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 13 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 13 August 2020 INVISIBLE GIRL by Lisa Jewell (Century £14.99, 416 pp) INVISIBLE GIRL by Lisa Jewell (Century £14.99, 416 pp) Apart from anything else, this book is an instant education about Incels — the new … Read more
THRILLERS By Geoffrey Wansell for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 23 July 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 23 July 2020 SLOW BURN by Stephen Leather (Hodder £16.99, 400 pp) SLOW BURN by Stephen Leather (Hodder £16.99, 400 pp) In the wake of the decision to allow 20-year-old Jihadi bride Shamima Begum back into this … Read more
THRILLERS By Geoffrey Wansell for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 BST, 25 June 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 25 June 2020 SAFE by S. K. Barnett (Century £9.99, 336pp) SAFE by S. K. Barnett (Century £9.99, 336pp) With Madeleine McCann back in the headlines, this story could hardly be more topical. It opens with the … Read more
PYSCHO THRILLERS By Christena Appleyard for the Daily Mail Published: 22:14 BST, 4 June 2020 | Updated: 22:14 BST, 4 June 2020 I MADE A MISTAKE by Jane Corry (Penguin £7.99, 432 pp) I MADE A MISTAKE by Jane Corry (Penguin £7.99, 432 pp) Poppy Page is the slightly irritating boss of a small showbusiness … Read more
THRILLERS By Geoffrey Wansell for the Daily Mail Published: 22:04 BST, 28 May 2020 | Updated: 22:04 BST, 28 May 2020 THE LIZARD by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart (Muswell Press £12.99, 306 pp) THE LIZARD by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart (Muswell Press £12.99, 306 pp) This impressive debut focuses on St Andrews University undergraduate Alistair Haston, who is brokenhearted … Read more