Books

Six Stories – Matt Wesolowski, Orenda – out Thursday THIS horror-tinged thriller about an unsolved death is told through six crime podcast interviews with witnesses, in the vein of the TV smash hit Serial.

It’s 20 years since a teenage boy vanished on an Outward Bound holiday on Northumbria’s bleak Scarclaw Fell, a mystery that fascinated the public.

The interviews, conducted by a masked anonymous host, revisit what happened that night in the wilds. Eyewitnesses and the dead boy’s former friends tell their own stories in totally convincing voices.

Bold, clever and chilling, the sheer originality of this thriller sets its apart. It has a terrific twist that provides an explosive final punch. Miss Mary’s Book of Dreams – Sophie Nicholls,