Books in the Media
Our wonderful authors have been receiving lots of great press!
The Family Friend
Claire Douglas’s most recent bestseller – the paperback edition of The Family Friend – features in iNews online’s ‘best paperbacks publishing this month'.
“In this gripping read from the multimillion-selling author of The Wrong Sister, Imogen inherits a crumbling country house, and hears whispers of a long-buried crime. As past and present converge, she realises some secrets are better left uncovered.
https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/best-books-out-paperback-july-2026-4630907
One Dark Summer
One Dark Summer by Sarah Horsley features in The Times ‘Nine of the best crime novels to read this July’.
“[Hornsley] uses this real location, in the estuary of the Blackwater River, to explore a family drama sparked by the disappearance of a young mother, Penny, 25 years ago … The impact of extreme domestic abuse is at the heart of this unsparing novel, which brilliantly evokes the recent past.”
The Summer We Lied
Rebecca Hardy’s The Summer We Lied features in Debut Digest’s newsletter, including a Q&A from the author.
“The Summer We Lied is a slow-burning thriller from a fresh voice REBECCA HARDY in the genre. It has shades of We Were Liars, with its page-turning mystery, interconnected characters, and long-buried secrets and mistakes that ricochet into the present with real emotional impact. If you're looking for an engrossing summer beach read, this is it!
If you love a twisting, atmospheric thriller packed with secrets, lies, and characters you'll quickly become invested in, then this is one for your summer TBR.”
The Summer We Lied also features in of Aspects of Crime where Rebecca discusses the influences for her debut novel.
“Three fictional teenage friends provide the hook and the heart of my debut novel, The
Summer We Lied, a mystery thriller set between rural East Sussex in the heatwave summer of
1989, and London in 2007. This dual timeline, multi-voice structure – whilst an absolute
headache to write – provided me the opportunity to engage with my long-held fascination
with moral ambiguity; the grey areas that bleed between right and wrong, where blame and
guilt exist alongside virtue, love and friendship.”
https://aspectsofcrime.com/placing-teenagers-at-the-heart-of-a-thriller-rebecca-hardy/
Half Lives
Half Lives by Krystle Zara Appiah was selected for Grazia’s ‘best new reads’ this month.
“A story about sisterly love, staying, leaving, and dealing with the consequences of our choices”.
Half Lives was also featured in Brittle Paper who called Krystle’s second novel “a Gut-Punch of a Novel About Sisters, Secrets,
and the Children They Share”.
Finally, both Fellow Creatures by Emma Lowther, and The Violent Hour by James Oswald, feature in the ‘Books’ section of
The Sun.
Fellow Creatures is ‘Pick of The Week’ and is described as “a brilliant exploration of class, identity and obsession highlighting
how sometimes friends can be dangers.”
The Violent Hour was similarly a five star pick and is described as: “pulse pounding from start to finish with menace and intrigue on every page.”
