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The Truth About Ruby Cooper by Liz Nugent, Hardback, £16.99

Though she loves her older sister Erin, awkward 16-year-old Ruby Cooper has at all times felt a way of envy at her brighter, higher wanting and extra widespread sibling. The pair are the privileged daughters of a happily-married, rich Boston couple. But Ruby’s envy could have disastrous penalties for everybody concerned.

Liz Nugent’s deeply satisfying new novel is a bona fide page-turner which carries its ensemble forged from Boston to Dublin and again as Ruby’s decisions reverberate by way of the generations. Eye-opening, clever and transferring, Nugent is a grasp storyteller with a watch for element and the braveness to take her characters into some darkish locations. Revenge and redemption have by no means been so entertaining. 9/10

The Dangerous Stranger by Simon Mason, Hardback £16.99

During a riot exterior a resort housing asylum seekers in Oxford a younger refugee is ready on hearth and killed – sparking nationwide outrage. With the county’s chief constable demanding swift motion, DI’s Ryan and Ray Wilkins, no relation, are tasked with bringing the offenders to justice.

But after they uncover the sufferer was a French vacationer not staying on the resort who was attacked seconds after arriving in its automobile park, they have to scramble to get a grip on a way more sinister and sophisticated homicide case. The fifth instalment of oddball pairing Ryan and Ray – branded “crime fiction’s most entertaining double act in decades” by Slow Horses creator Mick Herron – is a extremely topical and pleasing web page turner you’ll not be capable to put down. 8/10

It’s Not What You Think by Clare Mackintosh, Hardback £16.99

Clare Mackintosh enjoys a well-deserved status for jaw-dropping twists that go away readers fairly actually gasping in shock. But the previous police officer has outdone herself with this corkscrew of a novel and a plot so brilliantly conceived it upends each expectation. Nadeeka Prasanna fears her boyfriend could be dishonest however the scene that greets her as she arrives house is a lot worse. Jamie is lifeless on the ground and detectives are swarming the scene.

What follows is a masterclass in deception and duplicity, undoubtedly one of the crucial fiendishly gripping thrillers of latest years. Leave your assumptions on the door, It’s Not What You Think delivers in spades. 8/10

Hope Rises by David Baldacci, Hardback £22

Walter Nash was a hard-working and joyful household man till grasp prison Victoria Steers shattered his life, forcing him to turn out to be an informant for the FBI with just one purpose – taking her down. After studying elite combating and weapons expertise, and remodeling his look, Nash seeks to achieve the belief of the crime kingpin and be part of her internal circle. But to get shut sufficient to tear down her empire, he should first survive a close to unimaginable mission for Steers in distant war-torn Myanmar.

The sequel to final November’s Nash Falls, which launched readers to the likeable protagonist, is one other pulsating thriller filled with twists and turns that Baldacci’s followers will savour. 8/10