Susi Holliday grew up near Edinburgh and spent many years working in her family’s newsagent and pub before studying microbiology and statistics at university. She has worked as a statistician in the pharmaceutical industry for over 16 years, but it was on a 6-month round-the-world-trip that she took with her husband 10 years ago that she rediscovered her passion for writing.
We Live Here Now (2025) Sarah Pinborough "When you pick up a Sarah Pinborough book, you can always expect the unexpected, and no matter what you do, you will never work out entirely where it's going until it smacks you in the face. We Live Here Now is a dark and twisted take on the haunted house mystery, full of questionable characters and spooky happenings, but it's mostly a story of what happens behind the closed doors of a marriage and how secrets will ultimately break everything apart. Pacy, creepy and devilishly plotted, this is one to savour on a cold dark night."
Estella's Revenge (2024) Barbara Havelocke "A darkly ingenious take on a classic character, Estella's story had me gripped. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."
Deadly Animals (2024) Marie Tierney "An incredible debut - original, epically dark and with such a strong voice. Damn near perfect."
The Shallows (2023) Holly Craig "A dark and murky read that is ultimately filled with epic, strong women. Desperate Housewives meets Dead Calm."
All Of Us Are Broken (2023) (DS Saul Anguish, book 2) Fiona Cummins "You'll want to hug your loved ones close after reading this pitch dark thrill-ride filled with impossible, heart-breaking choices. Incredible."
The Red House (2023) Roz Watkins "I absolutely loved it. I wanted to immediately start reading again to check the very clever clues... The Red House is a clever and engaging mystery with a resolution that will completely blow you away."
Keep Her Secret (2023) Mark Edwards "The King of Thrillers does it again with Keep Her Secret - dark, twisty and full of OMFG moments - I flew through it from the tense, perilous beginning to the completely satisfying end."
Strange Sally Diamond (2023) Liz Nugent "I did not want this book to end! What a brilliant character and a wonderfully woven story. So very dark and clever and it completely broke my heart."
End of Story (2023) Louise Swanson "Just finished this and oh wow... I could not put it down! Intriguing, captivating and utterly heartbreaking - such a brilliant book."
The Redeemer (2022) (Shanna Regan, book 1) Victoria Goldman "An enjoyable and intriguing mystery set against the backdrop of a fascinating community - if you're looking for something different in crime fiction, this is well worth your time. Highly recommended!"
It Ends at Midnight (2022) Harriet Tyce "Pure drip-fed tension leading to a gob-smackingly good reveal - I devoured this and yet didn't want it to end."
Death in Kabul (2022) (MacKenzie and Khan, book 1) Alison Belsham and Nick Higgins "A vividly portrayed murder mystery in a fresh and fascinating setting. With wonderful characters and a great plot, I hope this is the first of many from this duo."
The Killing Kind (2021) Jane Casey "Dripping with tension and intrigue, The Killing Kind is one of those 'just one more page' books that you cannot put down."
Her Last Holiday (2021) C L Taylor "Another twisty-turny and unputdownable read from the Queen of psychological thrillers. Her Last Holiday is a chillingly plausible tale of why you should never, ever go on a wellness retreat."
The Art of Death (2021) (DI Grace Archer, book 1) David Fennell "A serial killer classic in the making, The Art of Death is neatly plotted, perfectly paced and brilliantly characterised with a clever concept that hooks you in and holds you tight, right up to the extremely satisfying final page."
What I Did (2021) Kate Bradley "In this realistic portrayal of a family in turmoil, this is not so much a psych thriller, but a drama of tangled, tragic lives. Utterly compelling."
Body Language (2020) (Cassie Raven, book 1) A K Turner "Had the pleasure of reading this little beauty by AK Turner and I loved it. It was awesome! Dark humour and gore galore - Cassie Raven is my new favourite character. The mortuary scenes were so vivid - it was like Silent Witness but much more believable."
The Nowhere Child (2019) Christian White "Beautifully written, perfectly suspenseful and wonderfully dark. I could not put this book down."
The Old Religion (2018) (Tom Killgannon, book 1) Martyn Waites "Deeply unsettling and hauntingly realistic, The Old Religion takes all the things I love in a book and smashes them together - hard."
The Cliff House (2018) Amanda Jennings "Mesmerising and nostalgic with a dark undercurrent that will leave you reeling."
