Contemporary Reads

A new detective series from the much acclaimed Clare Mackintosh. A new line of novels always manages to garner interest for the sheer excitement and expectation from a new set of recurring characters. Likewise, The Last Party has already succeeded in creating a buzz about itself, introducing the promising character of DC Ffion Morgan.

The book starts with an enchanting setting at the Welsh-English border, at the center of which is Llyn Drych – the serpent shaped mirror lake – the focal point of all the happenings that follow. The discovery of a body in this lake on New Year’s Day sets things rolling. The search for the murderer, many sub plots and intertwined stories leading to it. With it’s mystic setting accentuated by a lonely, witchy cottage in the woods, a boathouse, some mysterious lodge owners on the far end – it makes for an intriguing whodunnit…

This was my first book by Harlan Coben, an author I had long been wanting to read. And The Match seemed a good book to start with. A thriller hovering around the puzzles of ancestral origins, DNA matches, some murders in between and how it all is eventually linked.

Wilde, a boy left abandoned in the woods – with no memory of his parents or family – is dubbed as a modern day Tarzan, rescued aged around 6 by the police. Having grown up in foster care, some 35 years later now he finds a DNA match on a site in a bid to find his biological parents. And as he is doing so, there start running many side stories in parallel. We have the reality TV star Peter Bennet, we have a Richard Levine trial going on, there is the suspense dangling about the supposed birth father Daniel Carter …

An intelligently conceptualized world of a con artist with a flawless delivery. The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark is an exciting tale of revenge, deception and morality. The book benefits from a unique plot, a never told before story – which makes it so exhilarating. The fast paced and crisp writing makes this book truly unputdownable. Since this was my first Julie Clark book, I wasn’t sure what to expect. And to be honest, I am left marveling at the beauty of it!

The Lies I Tell is the story of Meg Williams. Having being swindled out of their home, Meg and her terminally ill mother are forced to live out of their car until her mother finally passes, leaving Meg all by herself. There are some gripping accounts of the problems that present and how she survives dependent upon her dates she manages to attain on dating …