Local Girl Missing by Claire Douglas – a review

I was given a copy of this via netgalley. Local Girl Missing begins with Frankie returning to her home town, after the discovery of human remains. It is assumed that the remains belong to her best friend Sophie who disappeared one night when they were both just teenagers. Sophie’s brother had called Frankie and asked…

My Sister’s Bones by Nuala Ellwood – a review

As readers of this blog will know, one of my favourite things about the festival is the amount of new books you come away with. One of last year’s new discoveries was Nuala Ellwood’s novel My Sister’s Bones. I didn’t realise at the time that she was a York based writer, until I spotted that…

The Breakdown by SA Paris – a review

The Breakdown is the second novel by B.A Paris and I was lucky enough to receive a copy from NetGalley. Cass is a teacher who is looking forward to her six week holiday. On her way home from the school end of term party she takes a shortcut through the woods despite her husband telling…