BEST BOOKS
Zoe West picks the best reads for you
A Terrible Kindness
by Jo Browning Wroe (£14.99, Faber & Faber, HB) The Aberfan Disaster of 1966 was a tragedy that cost a village its children. We meet William Lavery, 19, a newly qualified embalmer, who leaves his graduation party on an October evening to drive through the night to a mining village where a slag heap has fallen on a school. We learn of THIS the inner journey that WEEK’S brought William to HOT READ
Aberfan and how his respect for family tradition comes into conflict with his promising career as a singer.
Buried Lines
by Jenny O’brien (£8.99, Harper Collins, PB)
The fifth book in this popular series of DI Gaby Darin books. When Hannah Thomas finds her fiancé dead and her diabetic child missing, she is frantic. But, as a second body is found and a secret from Hannah’s past surfaces, Darin starts to wonder what she’s hiding. A twisty police procedural with a complex and layered case.
Her Perfect Twin
by Sarah Bonner (£14.99, Hodder & Stoughton, HB) Visually, Megan and Leah are identical twins, but in every other respect they couldn’t be more different.
So, when insecure Megan discovers her narcissistic sister is having an affair with her controlling husband, she takes revenge, adopting Leah’s identity. Like a butterfly emerging, her life transforms – until lockdown strikes…
The Christie Affair
by Nina de Gramont (£16.99, Pan Macmillan, HB) In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared and, to this day, where she went is a mystery. Nina de Gramont imagines what may have happened, as she introduces us to Nan O’dea – the mistress of Agatha’s husband. Nan infiltrates the Christie household, luring Archie from his devoted wife because Agatha has something she wants – and it’s not just her husband.
Her Last Request
by Mari Hannah (£20.99, Orion, HB) Dealing with the body of a murdered woman is not unusual for DCI Kate Daniels and her team. Yet when a note at the crime scene asks for direct help to protect the victim’s missing son, Kate realises this case is personal.
Who’s watching her and what will happen if they find missing Aaron before her? Fans of the series will enjoy this latest instalment.