Snap: The astonishing Sunday Times bestseller and BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick

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The courageous and brave Jack holds his family together against all the odds, driven by a fury and determination to see justice for his beloved mother. we don’t care: the storytelling - the wonderful characters with all they are grappling with, make us happy campers readers! I know it doesn’t make sense to have Snap be the first in a series, but I was so utterly charmed by Jack and DCI Marvel that I’m hoping they’ll make future appearances in the rest of Ms.

Nor did Alan Hollinghurst’s The Sparsholt Affair, Andrew Miller’s Now We Shall Be Entirely Free, or Imogen Hermes Gowar’s The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock – all bold, sexy, emotionally engaging novels which convey a depth of felt-life.This has a straightforward story line, good sound characters, and a couple of surprising reveals along the way. Snap by Belinda Bauer is a captivating, emotional and gripping read about tragic loss, grief, snap decisions and their devastating, longterm impact. In 2014, her book Rubbernecker, set in Cardiff and Brecon, won the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. In black and gold and a bright arsenic green, this is undeniably one of the best-looking books about true crime to ever grace my desk. The race is on and Cavanagh sets a cracking pace as he switches between Flynn’s perspective and that of the murderer in a genuine, read-in-one-sitting page-turner.

In the middle of winter time, the people who live in a peaceful place, Shipcott, are shocked when they learn about the murder of an old woman in her bed. The blurb gives you a good handle on what you need to know going in, but you could also do as I did and skip the blurb and just dive right in. This novel by Belinda Bauer reminds me of why I started reading thrillers just about three years ago. Reynolds, a vain but deeply insecure detective, visits his aging mother often at her new home but ignores her concerns about the three seemingly feral children next door. A young pregnant woman, Catherine, awakes to find a note with a knife stating “I could have killed you”.I will stop this rant now by saying that I don't blame Belinda Bauer - she wrote a good book for what she was trying to do. There were a few details I thought could have been filled in more, and I think there’s a gap in the timeline, but the pacing, the characterisation and the careful unravelling of the drama is exquisite. Clever, clever, clever, both the author in putting together this taut thriller, and young Jack, our spunky hero.