Take Me In
Sabine Durrant (Mulholland Books)
Another marriage on the rocks that on the surface seems to be serene: This is a recurring theme for thrillers this year. So what’s to be done to regain some stability? Going on a foreign holiday to plaster over the cracks seems to be just the solution for Tessa and Marcus. But their idyllic island paradise is anything but, and it just seems to make matters worse. On their first day, their toddler son almost drowns whilst Marcus is dozing in the sunshine. It is a stranger who rescues the boy, not his father, and that is when Dave Jepson enters their lives. At first he seems just like a decent bloke who did a decent thing, but on their return to London he keeps appearing like a bad dream. In the street, at work, at their front door. The question is: what the hell does he want?
This is a beautifully written series of marital car crashes about to happen, as the couple approach a precipice from which there is no return. Domestic noir at its finest, from the author of the best-selling novel Lie To Me. MARK TIMLIN
Price: £12.99. Info: www.mulhollandbooks.com