BEST BOOKS
Zoe West picks the best reads for you
The Last House on the Street
by Diane Chamberlain (£20, Headline, HB) Tragic stories collide in this dual-timeline saga. In 2010, disturbing incidents hit grieving widow Kayla when she moves into a house on the edge of allegedly haunted woodland. In the 1960s, white student Ellie, involved in a heart-rending THIS fight for civil rights, WEEK’S finds love with a fellow HOT READ activist – a black man. When the past and present converge, the women find themselves connected by tragedy.
All For You
by Louise Jensen (£8.99, Harpercollins, PB)
A trio of perspectives are woven together in this emotionally gripping story, revealing the Walsh Family in crisis. Connor is traumatised by the guilt of past events; Aiden is trapped in a mortifying web of deceit and Lucy is falling apart at the seams. This is a dark, disturbing journey, full of smokescreens and an underlying sense of unease.
Should I Tell You?
by Jill Mansell (£14.99, Headline, HB) Bestseller Jill Mansell is back with another wonderful book to see you through those long February nights. We meet Amber, Lachlan and Raffaele, friends from their seaside foster home. Now grown up, they’re still close but things may have got a little complicated. It’s a sparkling story of finding love under the sunny skies at Lanrock. Lovely.
The Gosling Girl
by Jacqueline Roy (£14.99, Simon & Schuster, HB) When a young child is murdered by another child, the media stereotypes 10-year-old Michelle Cameron as the embodiment of evil. Released with a new identity, the press tracks her down and revives public outrage, so she is once again forced to move and change her identity. It’s a harrowing portrayal of the psychological impact of being hounded.
Other Parents
by Sarah Stovell (£14.99, Harper Collins, HB)
This small-town, school-set drama is a proper pageturner. Nothing prepares mum-of-three Rachel Saunders for the backlash from other parents when she divorces her husband and moves her girlfriend in. As the school introduces a new inclusive curriculum, single mum Laura Spence goes out of her way to scupper it. A highly relatable read.