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HEAT’S ‘READ OF THE WEEK’ Who Did

You Tell?
LESLEY KARA
BANTAM PRESS, £12.99)
The Rumour was a
heat favourite a year
ago. Now, Lesley Kara’s
second novel – also
set in the (supposedly)
sleepy seaside town of
Flintstead is just as
packed full of twists
and turns. Astrid has
moved back in with
THE her mother after
EMOTIONAL spending six
ONE months in rehabfor
alcohol addiction.
Struggling with her
recovery, she’s also
havingto deal with the
demons of the past and VANESSASAVAGE (SPHERE,£14.99)
the shocking things she Tenyearsago,backinTess’hometown,
did when she was an sheandhersisterBellawentintothewoods
addict. Now, though, one night – but only Tess came out alive.
Whatever befell them there, Tess blanked it
it appears those actions
from her memory. She moved to London
have come back to haunt
and moved on. But now, Tess is returning
her… Astrid may be a
home and there’s a lot she has to face up
flawed character, but
to. Like the now-grown up boys she had
you’ll be rooting for her in crushes on, and the two young girls who
this thrilling, surprisingly were murdered. This atmospheric thriller
emotional read. weaves an intricate plot that keeps you
★★★★★ Caroline Robb guessing. HHH Marie Warren

aven’t xWicked
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HIE HANNAH (HODDER PAIN (QUERCUS, £16.99)
OUGHTON, £16.99) en Adam Latimer vanished a
en Beth takes her son to ade ago, his disappearance
otball match, she can’t royed his already fragile
t stopping off en route ly. His mother died from
ke a peek at the new house heartbreak, and his father
er one-time best friend Flora. ame even more estranged
h hasn’t seen the family for m the rest of his children,
ears, but while Flora looks scattered across the globe
ropriately older, the problem rmined to forget the past
r two children. Thomas and forge new futures. But now
y were just five and three m is back – and very much
s old back then – so how . As the family reluctantly
they still be those ages now? er back at their Ireland home,
n, Beth is obsessed with eone is planning revenge for
ng out the truth of what’s t happened all those years
g on, but it might just With its eclectic cast of
THE her her own family. This THE acters, isolated setting
nious slow burner delivers
INGENIOUS ts and turns at every corner. MYSTERY knockout twists, this gives
ONE ONE tain Ms Christie a run for her
HHHH Sam Pope money. HHHH Lisa Howells

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