Wendy Cartmell

Author of the Sgt Major Crane crime thrillers

If you want to read a psychological thriller, the best thing to do is read one written by someone with experience of the field. A psychotherapist in another life, Alison’s detailed knowledge of her subject shines through and makes her stories comes alive. The Enemy at the Window is no exception. Daniel is living the …

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Connie and Ness met in the park while their children played. As they talked, they realised they were neighbours. Perhaps it was only natural that they and their families would become entirely inseparable. But when Ness’s marriage ends in a bitter divorce, she is suddenly at Connie’s house all the time. Connie doesn’t have a …

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When two eighteen-year-old girls go missing on their gap year in Thailand, their families are thrust into the international spotlight: desperate, bereft and frantic with worry. Journalist Kate Waters always does everything she can to be first to the story, first with the exclusive, first to discover the truth – and this time is no …

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Perfect Bones by A.J. Waines My rating: 5 of 5 stars When art student, Aiden Blake, witnesses a gruesome attack on a London towpath, the police need him to identify the assailant without delay. But there’s a problem: refusing to leave his canal boat and traumatised by the shock, Aiden is rendered mute by the …

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The Betrayals by Fiona Neill My rating: 4 of 5 stars None of them would forget that week on the wild Norfolk coast. Best friends Rosie and Lisa’s families had always been inseparable. But that summer, Lisa had an affair with Rosie’s husband Nick. And now, after years of silence, she sends Rosie a letter …

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