We welcome respectful dialogue related to speculative fiction in literature, games, film, and the wider world. But this is closer to Patricia Highsmith territory and is superbly crafted with heart-stopping twists and chills galore. Features From a celebration of the life of John le Carré at Cheltenham to an exploration of women and crime in Chiswick, please join me at one of the following events, across the country (and the internet! I was a big fan of Flynn Berry’s “Under the Harrow,” so I was delighted to score an ARC of her newest book, “A Double Life. If you prefer your thrillers to be character-driven and lean a bit more toward the literary side of things, I'd highly recommend giving Flynn Berry a try.

I like a novel where the intrepid investigative journalist and the Foreign Office rising star are both women.Is he truly the murderer she thinks him to be, and is he still alive, walking about in freedom while Clare and her family are shackled to what they believe he did? An ex-pupil of Manchester Grammar School, and with two degrees in History, he has been a full-time historian and critic for three decades.

Why must so many revenge fantasies fixate in such detail on the physical mutilation of women’s bodies? As Gabriela’s life begins to unravel, Isobel gets closer to the truth, and the two women’s lives converge in this deeply chilling examination of deceit. Published in the revolutionary year of 1848, A Double Life traces the awakening of a young noblewoman who by day submits to the prose of high society matchmaking, while at night she is a poet in her dreams of true love. Based on the real life story of Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan who disappeared in 1974 after attacking his estranged wife and bludgeoning the nanny to death. The 7th Earl of Lucan was a British aristocrat who tried to murder his wife, accidently murdered the nanny, while his young children slept upstairs.A powerful additive is her father is a Lord from the United Kingdom hierarchy, which was thought that his privileged friends aided and abetted him. So one doesn’t come to this seeking escapism, because (admittedly) the problems being faced by the novel’s main characters are so repellant that it may be tough for readers to reach the end of this book — if I can be honest and admit that.

She’s very lucky to have an incredibly supportive partner – Tom, who is willing to sacrifice his career and is unbelievably supportive of her’s as she climbs up the ladder… he comes across so lovely and yet she takes him for granted. I was fascinated by the premise: A marriage counselor who had no idea that her own marriage was a sham, and her husband a psychopath. Unable to understand what took place, she has spent the last 30 years questioning where her father is and how he could have committed such a crime. The author didn't try to make this an overly complicated mystery with so many twists and turns that end up hurting the story rather than enhancing it. In fact, it's a rather typical "Kindle thriller" ( my term ) featuring Gabriela, a 30 -something woman whose domestic and working life are in turmoil due to her propensity for lying , bullying ( her husband ) and utter selfishness.Heldt] is deeply informed about the novel and its context, and this edition includes her original introduction. She's very lucky to have an incredibly supportive partner - Tom, who is willing to sacrifice his career and is unbelievably supportive of her's as she climbs up the ladder.