The Nowhere Girls by Carmel Harrington BLOG TOUR #TheNowhereGirls. @HappyMrsH @headlinepg @RandomTTours #BookReview

 

On a cold afternoon in December 1995, two young girls are found abandoned on a platform at Pearse Station in Dublin.

Thirty years later, investigative journalist Vega is determined to find out what happened to the so-called 'Nowhere Girls'. Where did their mother go? Why did no one come forward to claim them? And where are they now?

Searching for answers takes her on a journey with twists she never could have imagined. And one that could put everything else she knows at risk; including her new relationship, her career, and her life as she knows it.

The Nowhere Girls by Carmel Harrington was published on 29 January 2026 by Headline Review. My thanks to the publisher who sent my copy for review as part of this #RandomThingsTours Blog Tour 

There is something quietly compelling about The Nowhere Girls that pulled me in from the very first chapter and kept me turning the pages at speed. Carmel Harrington blends emotional depth with a gently twisty investigative thread, creating a story that lingers long after you’ve closed the book.

The novel opens with an unsettling premise: two very young girls left alone on a freezing December afternoon at Pearse Station in 1995, waiting for a mother who never comes back. Fast forward thirty years and the mystery remains unresolved, the girls long since labelled “the Nowhere Girls”. Enter Vega, an investigative journalist whose professional curiosity and personal determination won’t let the case lie.

Vega is a strong, believable protagonist and very easy to root for. Her determination to uncover what happened to the girls takes her across Ireland and over to the US, following a trail that grows more complicated the deeper she digs. The author balances the procedural elements of the investigation with Vega’s personal life beautifully, showing how the case begins to seep into every corner of her world;  her relationships, her career, and how she looks at herself. 

The plot unfolds at a good pace, there's plenty of intrigue to keep the reader hooked. This is very much a character-driven story, and the author really excellently explores themes of motherhood, identity, abandonment, and deeply buried secrets. While there are twists along the way, the real strength of the story, for me, is in its emotional depth. 

I raced through this one, eager to understand the truth behind the girls’ disappearance, but I also really enjoyed how Vega thinks about herself, and changes as a result of her search. The ending felt satisfying and thoughtful. 

Overall, The Nowhere Girls is a poignant, engaging and highly readable mystery that will appeal to fans of emotional thrillers with heart. A compelling journey into the past, and a reminder that some stories refuse to stay buried.

Carmel Harrington is the internationally bestselling author of thirteen novels.

Her last novel, The Lighthouse Secret, was an instant Irish Times bestseller.

Carmel's debut novel was a winner of multiple awards, and several of her books have been shortlisted for an Irish Book Award.
She is a regular on Irish TV screens and radio and has been a guest speaker at literary events in Ireland, UK and USA.
She was also the Chair of Wexford Literary Festival for three years.

Carmel is from Co. Wexford, where she lives with her husband, children and rescue dog, George Bailey.

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A Daughter's Love by Nancy Revell BLOG TOUR #Giveaway #ADaughtersLove #NancyRevell @PenguinUKBooks @RandomTTours #Prize #Win #Competition

 

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, Nancy Revell comes the third novel in the compelling Cuthford Manor series.

When Lucy’s estranged mother dies unexpectedly, her grief is overwhelming. Lucy was disowned when she married penniless horse-trainer Danny for love, leaving her blue-blooded family’s fortune in tatters. But Lucy always dreamed that one day, they’d reconcile.

So when her widowed father Edward begs her and Danny’s forgiveness for his part in their argument, she’s overjoyed. Newly pregnant, she’s determined to give her baby the family she longed for.

Danny, however, isn’t convinced: Edward’s mended ways feel too good to be true. But Lucy’s pregnancy is difficult, and she can’t hear his worries. Until the worst happens, and their fragile family is tested to its very limit…

Will love be enough to get them through?

A Daughter's Love by Nancy Revell was published on 29 January 2026 by Penguin. As part of this #RandomThingsTours Blog Tour I am delighted to offer one copy as a prize. Entry is simple, just fill out the competition widget in the blog post.  UK entries only please. 

GOOD LUCK! 

One copy of A Daughter's Love by Nancy Revell

Nancy Revell is the author of twelve titles in the bestselling Shipyard Girls series - which
tells the story of a group of women who work together in a Sunderland ship yard during the Second World War. Her latest books, The Widow's Choice, A Secret in the Family and A Daughter's Love feature some of the characters from the world of the Shipyard Girls series in a new County Durham setting. Nancy's books have sold more than half a million copies across all editions.

Before becoming an author, Nancy was a journalist who worked for all the national newspapers, providing them with hard-hitting news stories and in-depth features. She also wrote amazing and inspirational true life stories for just about every woman's magazine in the country.

Wayward Women by Rhonda Carrier & Tracey Davies BLOG TOUR #WaywardWomen @bedsqpublishers @RandomTTours #BookExtract

 

Eat Pray Love meets Want.

Wayward Women is a unique, searingly honest, devastatingly raw two-person memoir about the friendship, travels and sex lives of two fiftysomething women finding their way again after divorce.

It’s an entertaining, emotional and geographical journey that bounces around the world from Florida to India, Lapland to Hong Kong, as the authors -both leading travel writers - relay their experiences as midlife women – love, loss, parenthood, divorce, menopause – along with the tales of the inspirational women they meet along the way, and the growth of their friendship.

Wayward Women by Rhonda Carrier and Tracey Davies was published on 29 January 2026 by Bedford Square Publisher. As part of this #RandomThingsTours blog tour I am delighted to share an extract from the book with you today. 

Extract from Wayward Women by Rhonda Carrier & Tracey Davies 

MERMAIDS

Tracey

‘I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

I do not think that they will sing to me.’

– T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

A child of the Splash! era, I longed to be Daryl Hannah: half- hottie, half-mackerel – and boning Tom Hanks. Mermaids are often depicted in film and literature as sexy sirens or bloodthirsty nymphs, voluptuous sea creatures with perky tits and pretty, scaly tails surfacing from the sea to manipulate men and help them shuffle off their mortal coil. And as someone going through an acrimonious divorce and often feeling like I’m treading water or sinking in mud, I feel the mermaids are doing God’s work.

But mermaids also represent the ultimate in sisterhood: femininity, rebellion and transformation. It’s these aspects of the mermaid lifestyle that I’m most drawn to, especially as I reach midlife. So when my friend Rhonda and I get the opportunity to train with the real mermaids of Florida, we totally flip out.

Apart from the tan, the two best things about being travel writers are the adventures we have and the people we meet. At Tampa International Airport, Rhonda fires up Bumble within minutes of landing to see if she has a message from Daniel, a man from a nearby town called Holiday, a name he described to her as ‘wildly inappropriate for the presence of the humans who reside within’. So far, so Florida.

I’m contractually obligated to state that Rhonda Carrier is not an international cougar and does not fuck her way around the world. Although a self-confessed horn dog, she uses Bumble’s travel mode to chat with and sometimes meet interesting people around the world. And that’s how she found Young Daniel.

I say young, but there have been younger. That’s another story, though. Young Daniel is thirty-nine, Rhonda is fifty- four. I know she really wants to meet him but I’m not sure how she’s going to swing it given our packed schedule.

Driving along the highway in our rented Ford Mustang – roof down and filthy ear-blistering German techno on the stereo – I glance over at her, the warm Floridian wind whipping her hair vertical, and I feel my heavy heart lighten.

Okay, indulge me a little. I’ve had a rough ride these past few years. A delicious life cocktail of marital woe, surprise debt, grief and perimenopause, all shaken up with the unrelenting pressure and responsibility that comes with being a parent. It’s no wonder depression has been as regular a visitor as a randy milkman. And each time it’s made me feel like I’ve fallen down a well. This trip has very much come at the right time. There’s only so much heavy lifting my dear Prozac can do.

After more than two decades of marriage and parenthood, and now going through a divorce, I crave the freedom of travel more than I crave two Greggs sausage rolls and a Diet Coke after a heavy night. I crave it more than love, I crave it more than sex. I crave freedom even more than acceptance. And now, as I speed towards the wet wilds of Florida sat next to Rhonda in my favourite car, freedom – albeit just for a week – finally feels within reach.

Rhonda has written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, Metro, iPaper, Red magazine,
Condé Nast Traveller, National Geographic Traveller, The South China Morning Post, and many others. She's appeared on radio shows and travel panels and as a speaker at travel events, and she writes and translates award- winning fiction. She has also written and edited a handful of major travel books.

Tracey is a veteran travel writer whose byline regularly appears in Metro, The Daily and Sunday Telegraph, The Times/Sunday Times, The Guardian, iPaper, Country Life, Red Online, Good Housekeeping, Platinum, Breathe, Teen Breathe, and Travel Weekly. She was co-host of the Carry On travel podcast and is a regular panellist on radio and travel shows. She is also a stand-up comedian

Greek Gods On TikTok by Rupert Stanbury #BookExtract #GreekGodsonTikTok @rupertstanbury @RandomTTours @randomthingstours #VirtualBookTour

 

THE WORDS OF 120 VIDEOS ABOUT THE GREEK GODS AND RELATED STORIES

Mythological Stories from the Classical World

Rupert Stanbury, the author of the Gods Galore fantasy / comedy books about the Greek Gods in the 21st Century, also produces TikTok videos on Greek Mythology.

Greek Gods on TikTok records the words from these videos, appropriately edited, in a written book.

It covers the major Olympian Gods - Zeus, Poseidon and Hades - as well as the Goddesses Athene, Aphrodite and Artemis and many others.

The famous Greek heroes are also introduced – Perseus taking on the Gorgon Medusa, Theseus fighting the Minotaur, and Jason claiming the Golden Fleece. We also meet many of the participants in the Trojan Wars – Helen, Achilles and Odysseus – and finally Hercules, perhaps the most famous hero of all!

Greek Gods On TikTok by Rupert Stanbury was published on 1 December 2025.  I am delighted to share an extract from the book with you today as part of this #RandomThingsTours Virtual Book Tour. 

Extract from Greek Gods on TikTok by Rupert Stanbury

93) Oedipus

Oedipus’s story starts in Thebes, a city which seemed destined to bring its rulers Bad Luck. We saw this with Cadmus and his family, and a similar outcome applied to Oedipus.

The tale of Oedipus is best recorded in a play by Sophocles called Oedipus Rex and this is what I’m going to summarise today. Sophocles was an Athenian playwright in the 5th Century BC.  

Let’s begin:

King Laius of Thebes had a young wife called Jocasta. When their son was born, Laius consulted the Oracle of Delphi about the future and was told that he would be killed by his son at some point in time. Laius, fearing this prophecy, told his wife to kill the child. 

Jocasta was unable to do this, so she handed the baby to a servant and told him to leave it exposed to the elements on a mountain. The servant himself took pity on the child, and in the countryside, he handed the baby to a shepherd who named him Oedipus, meaning swollen foot, because he had a swollen foot.

The shepherd took young Oedipus to Corinth where he gave him to the ruler, King Polybus and his wife Queen Merope. Now Polybus and Merope hadn’t been able to have any children, so they decided to bring Oedipus up as their own son.

So far so good, but when Oedipus was a young adult, he heard a rumour that he was adopted. Despite firm denials by his parents, who had clearly decided long ago not to tell Oedipus about his origins, he went off to Delphi to consult the Oracle on this matter. He didn’t get an answer to his question but was instead told that he was destined to kill his father and to marry his mother.

This was a terrible prophecy, so in order to avoid this fate, Oedipus left Corinth and set off for Thebes.

On route he came across an older man driving a chariot accompanied by at least one servant. The two had an argument about who had the right of way on the road. This led to a fight with Oedipus killing the man, probably by accident. Unbeknown to Oedipus, this old man was King Laius, his real father.

Anyway, Oedipus proceeded on his way, but before he reached Thebes, he encountered a Sphinx. Now sphinxes were nasty creatures, having the head of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of an eagle. This one would only let you proceed if you could correctly answer her riddle. If you got it wrong, the sphinx would eat you.

The riddle was: “What walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon and three at night?” Oedipus answered Man which was correct since man, as a baby, crawls on all fours, then walks on two legs when grown up, but needs a walking stick – a third foot or leg - as he gets old.

Apparently, the sphinx was so amazed that someone could answer the riddle that she jumped off a cliff and died.

Thebes had decided long ago that whoever got rid of their sphinx would become its king - so when Oedipus arrived, he became the city’s monarch. He also married Jocasta – not knowing she was his mother, so fulfilling the prophecy.  

Oedipus and Jocasta had four children and matters went well for a number of years. Then, a terrible plague struck the city which just wouldn’t go, so Oedipus sent Creon, a powerful man who was Jocasta’s brother, to Delphi to ask what had to be done to stop the plague. The answer that Creon brought back was that King Laius’s killer had to be found and punished.

Oedipus set about this task with gusto. A complicated sequence of events took place, but let’s briefly summarise the evidence which came to light, as responsibility eventually settled on Oedipus himself:

Firstly, the prophet Tiresias was consulted. He knew Oedipus was responsible and was reluctant to speak out but eventually did so.

Then Laius’s servant, who was with him when he was killed, was identified and he confirmed where the fight took place. This got Oedipus thinking about the time he’d had a similar fight at the same location.

Next, Jocasta admitted she’d had a baby boy whom she had sent to his death in the mountains. The servant just mentioned above was the one who took the baby, and he now admitted to having handed him over to a shepherd.

A short while later, this same shepherd arrived from Corinth with news of King Polybus’s death. He and the servant recognized each other, and the shepherd confirmed he’d handed the baby to the king and queen who had brought it up as their son. This was Oedipus.

By now it was clear that the Oracle was correct. Oedipus had killed his father, Laius, and had married his mother, Jocasta.

The ending was, of course, tragic. Jocasta hanged herself; Oedipus gauged out his own eyes - and then went into exile, accompanied by Antigone, his eldest daughter.  

Rupert Stanbury is a Cambridge graduate. 

He was born in Manchester but has lived most of his adult life in Central London. 

He has always been an avid reader and a few years ago decided to take up writing himself. 

His previous books are Gods Galore (published in November 2021), The Four Horsemen (April 2023), and Pimlico People (October 2024). 

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The Hope by Paul Hardisty #BookReview @Hardisty_Paul @OrendaBooks #ClimateEmergency #ForcingTrilogy

 

The year is 2082. Climate collapse, famine and war have left the world in ruins. In the shadow of the Alpha-Omega regime – descendants of the super-rich architects of disaster – sixteen-year-old Boo Ashworth and her uncle risk everything to save what’s left of human knowledge, hiding the last surviving books in a secret library beneath the streets of Hobart.

But Boo has a secret of her own: an astonishing ability to memorise entire texts with perfect recall. When the library is discovered and destroyed, she’s forced to flee – armed with nothing but the stories she carries in her mind, and a growing understanding of her family’s true past. 

Hunted and alone, and with the help of some unlikely allies, she must fight to save her loved ones – and bring hope to a broken world.

Spanning three generations before, during and after the fall, The Hope is the shattering conclusion to Paul E. Hardisty’s critically acclaimed climate-emergency trilogy – a devastating, visionary thriller that dares to imagine the possibility of redemption in the face of near-total collapse. In a dying world, it asks the most urgent question of all: what if there’s still time?

The Hope by Paul E Hardisty is published today; 29 January 2026 by Orenda Books and is volume three in The Forcing Trilogy. My thanks to the publisher who sent my copy for review as part of this Blog Tour

The two previous books in this trilogy; The Forcing and The Descent are two of my favourite books, and I've been really excited and looking forward to reading the conclusion.

There are books that entertain, books that unsettle, and then there are books that quietly take hold of you and refuse to let go. The Hope by Paul E. Hardisty is firmly in that last category. This is not just the conclusion of The Forcing trilogy; it is a powerful, unsettling and compassionate piece of storytelling that lingers long after the final page is turned.

Set in 2082, The Hope introduces a world that has paid the ultimate price for decades of greed, denial and wilful inaction. Climate collapse has reshaped everything: politics, power, morality and survival itself. The author does not gently ease his readers into this future. Instead, he places us directly inside it, where the remnants of humanity exist under the control of the Alpha-Omega regime; descendants of the very people who profited while the planet burned. It is grim, but it is also painfully believable, and that is what makes this novel so great.

At the heart of the story is Boo Ashworth, a teenager whose courage and resilience are remarkable without ever feeling implausible. Boo possesses an extraordinary gift, she ca memorise entire books with perfect recall. The author never treats this as a gimmick. Instead, it becomes a deeply symbolic act of resistance. In a world where knowledge is dangerous, outlawed and erased, Boo becomes a living archive, a keeper of stories, ideas and memory itself. The author understands the power of the written word so well. 

This is a novel that spans generations, moving perfectly between past and present.  The author invites the reader to consider not just what has been lost, but how it was lost, and, importantly, who benefited along the way. His background as an environmental scientist is evident, but never heavy-handed. The science is embedded seamlessly into the narrative, giving the story authority and weight without ever overwhelming the human drama at its core.

This book packs such an emotional punch. There is anger, and sorrow, and moments of genuine fear, but there is also tenderness and an unexpected sense of hope. The author's prose is often lyrical, almost poetic, even when describing the harshest realities. He has an uncanny ability to balance beauty and brutality, ensuring that the novel never slips into despair for despair’s sake.

Tension runs through every page. The sense of threat is constant, and yet the novel never becomes exhausting. Instead, you are compelled onwards, by the need to see whether resistance, memory and compassion can still matter in a world that seems determined to crush them. This is dystopian fiction at its most effective: not spectacle, but warning.

While The Hope does work as a standalone novel, it gains enormous power when read as the culmination of the trilogy. Threads laid down in earlier books come together with precision and purpose. However, the author is careful not to alienate new readers; enough context is provided to make this story accessible to all readers.

Ultimately, The Hope asks a question that feels uncomfortably urgent: what if there is still time? It does not offer easy answers, but it does suggest that resistance can take many forms; knowledge, memory, kindness, and the refusal to forget. This is a sobering, thought-provoking and deeply affecting novel, and a fitting, unforgettable conclusion to a remarkable trilogy.

Highly recommended, and not easily forgotten.

Canadian Paul Hardisty has spent twenty-five years working all over the world as an
environmental scientist and freelance journalist. 

He has roughnecked on oil rigs in Texas, explored for gold in the Arctic, mapped geology in Eastern Turkey (where he was befriended by PKK rebels), and rehabilitated water wells in the wilds of Africa. 

He was in Ethiopia in 1991 as the Mengistu regime fell, survived a bomb blast in a café in Sana’a in 1993, and was one of the last Westerners out of Yemen at the outbreak of the 1994 civil war. 

In 2022 he criss-crossed Ukraine reporting on the Russian invasion. 

His debut thriller The Abrupt Physics of Dying was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and was a Telegraph Thriller of the Year, and The Forcing (2023) and The Descent (2024) were a SciFi Now Book of the Month and shortlisted for the Crime Fiction Lover Awards. 

Paul is a keen outdoorsman, a conservation volunteer, and lives in Western Australia.

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Esther Is Now Following You by Tanya Sweeney #BookReview #EstherIsFollowingYou @tanyasweeney @estherfollowsyou @bantambooksuk @TransworldBooks @RandomTTours

 

You're the love of Esther's life. You just don't know it yet...

Esther first sees Ted walking in a park in London. They lock eyes and for a fraction of a second, she feels something she’s never felt before.

She starts by reading up about his life in Canada and his work as an actor. Then she watches every interview with him online. It isn’t long before she’s joined Ted’s fan site online where her and the ‘Tedettes’ stalk his every move.

When Ted gets a new celebrity girlfriend, Esther decides that things have gone far enough. She leaves her husband, takes all their savings, and buys a one-way ticket to Canada.

After all, Ted might not know it yet, but they are meant to be together – he just needs a little bit of persuading...

Esther Is Now Following You by Tanya Sweeney is published by Bantam on 29 January 2026. My thanks to the publisher who sent my copy as part of this #RandomThingsTours Virtual Book Tour 

I think we all judge a book by the cover. That first glance often tells us so much about what we are going to find inside. I looked at this one and saw fun, humour, maybe a love story? Well, yes, there are some of those, but there's so much more too. 

There’s something quietly unsettling about the book and the story, and that’s very much its strength. Tanya Sweeney’s debut is one of those novels that slips under your skin almost without you realising, you are nudged into uncomfortable territory yet it's so readable and so compelling at the same time. 

At first glance, the premise feels familiar: obsession, celebrity culture, fandom taken too far. But the author really doesn't sensationalise. Instead, she has produced a wonderful, intimate portrait of a woman whose inner life is far more fragile and complex than the surface narrative initially suggests. Esther is not an easy character to like, and I don't think that she is designed to be. I often found myself questioning her decisions, feeling frustrated by her beliefs and uneasy with the choices she makes. And yet, as the novel unfolds, it becomes harder to dismiss her as simply 'unhinged' or delusional.

The novel is paced so well. This is not a breathless thriller, but it is a slow, psychologically driven exploration of loneliness, longing, and the human need to be seen. There’s a quiet sadness at the heart of the story that lingers long after the final page, balanced with moments of sharp observation and the occasional wry note of humour.

The novel deals with modern fandom and online spaces, where connection and validation can feel so close, yet are ultimately hollow. Esther’s relationship with the digital world feels authentic and frighteningly plausible, particularly in how it feeds both her hope and her isolation.

Esther Is Now Following You is a quietly powerful debut, more melancholic than shocking, and far more empathetic than I expected from the blurb. It’s a novel about obsession, yes, but also about grief, depression, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive. Not an easy read, but a rewarding one.

For the last fifteen years, Tanya has been a columnist in a number of Irish newspapers and magazines, among them the Dubliner, STELLAR, U, Irish Tatler, and the Irish Times Magazine.

She is currently a journalist and Weekend magazine columnist at the Irish Independent and is a regular contributor on Irish radio & TV. 

Her work in the music, film & TV industries helped inspire her debut novel, Esther is Now Following You, a funny, fresh and deeply affecting story about celebrity fandom and what happens when it all becomes a bit too real.

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All The Little Houses by May Cobb #BookReview #AllTheLittleHouses @may_cobb @bookmarked @sbkslandmark @RandomTTours

 

Adults can behave badly, too.

It's the mid-1980s in the tiny town of Longview, Texas. Nellie Anderson, the beautiful daughter of the Anderson family dynasty, has burst onto the scene. She always gets what she wants. What she can’t get for herself…well, that’s what her mother is for.

Because Charleigh Andersen―blond, beautiful, and ruthlessly cunning―remembers all too well having to claw her way to the top. When she was coming of age on the poor side of East Texas, she was a loser, an outcast, humiliated, and shunned by the in-crowd, whose approval she’d so desperately thirsted for.

So when a prairie-kissed family moves to town, all trad wife, woodworking dad, wholesome daughter vibes, Charleigh’s entire self-made social empire threatens to crumble.

Who will be left standing when the dust settles?

A ruthless suspense thriller filled with twisted thrills and jaw-dropping secrets, All the Little Houses is a must-read for thriller fans―and a gripping exploration of what it means to be a wife, mother, and woman in a world of ruthless ambition.

All The Little Houses by May Cobb was published on 20 January 2026 by Sourcebooks Landmark. My thanks to the publisher who sent my copy for review as part of this #RandomThingsTours Virtual Book Tour. 

This is my first read from this author and it is a  darkly irresistible slice of domestic noir. From the opening pages, the author builds an atmosphere that thrums with tension, there are sun-baked streets, smiling neighbours, and underneath it all, tightly coiled secrets waiting to be exposed. It’s exactly the kind of structure that I adore: ordinary lives with little cracks that get bigger, little by little, until everything threatens to collapse.

Everything seems so safe and calm, at first. These pretty houses, manicured lawns, and seemingly perfect friendships are beautiful from a distance, but up close you feel everything seething underneath. The characters are wonderfully layered; flawed, impulsive, desperate, and so very human. This author really has a talent for writing women whose choices make you want to reach into the book and shake them, while also whispering, I understand why you did that.

The pacing is so good. Each chapter is like looking into another room of one of those little houses, some are cosy, some are claustrophobic and they are all hiding something. The slow simmer of suspicion, the shifts in loyalty, the creeping dread… it’s all woven so cleverly that by the time the reveals begin to land, you’re already holding your breath. 

And the twists, oh, the twists! The author doesn’t go for shock for shock’s sake; instead, she turns the plot like a key in a lock, slowly, deliberately, until suddenly the door swings open and you’re staring at something far more unsettling than you expected.

Atmospheric, sharp, and wonderfully addictive, All The Little Houses is a fabulous novel of psychological suspense. It’s the sort of book you intend to dip into for a chapter or two and then find yourself devouring in an afternoon, utterly hooked.

Highly recommended for readers who love their thrillers with emotional depth, sun-drenched menace, and a narrative voice that refuses to let you look away.

May Cobb is the bestselling author of The Hunting Wives, The Hollywood Assistant, My
Summer Darlings, and more. 

Her thriller, The Hunting Wives, is now a Netflix series starring Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman, and her books have received attention from Book of The Month, The Today Show, and O, The Oprah Magazine. 

She has an M.A. from San Francisco State University and her essays and interviews have appeared in The Washington Post and Good Housekeeping. 

She currently lives in Austin with her family, where she has a love/hate relationship with the Texas summer heat.

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