Whitcoulls recommends Karin Slaughter and Jessie Burton

Girl, Forgotten – the latest by Karin Slaughter who writes brilliant thrillers. Her last one was Pieces of Her which is now a major Netflix series. In 1982, Emily Vaughn gets ready for prom night but she has a secret and by the end of the evening she’ll be dead. Forty years later, with the murder still unsolved, a woman arrives in town to find justice for Emily – and to uncover the truth before the killer decides to silence her too… The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton. Sequel to a wonderful book called The Miniaturist which came out in 2014 and I loved – set in Amsterdam in the C17th, at a time when the Dutch had a thing about miniatures – replicas of their houses and all the furniture etc. The new book opens in 1705, with the same family but 18 years later and their circumstances have changed dramatically. It’s Thea’s 18th birthday and also the 18th anniversary of the death of her mother and the family are reduced to selling off their furniture and artwork to survive, then make plans for Thea to be married to a wealthy man which might solve all their problems – but Thea has other ideas. Great period drama, getting terrific reviews in the UK at the moment. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.