A friend’s partner just asked me to suggest some books to buy her for Christmas. This friend is just getting back into reading having had two kids in quick succession and needs gripping page-turners. I recommended the following:

Don’t Let Him in

The Family Upstairs

The Night She Disappeared all by Lisa Jewell

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

Our House by Louise Candlish

So Thrilled for You by Holly Bourne

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

Mrs England by Stacey Halls

It Should Have Been You by Andrea Mara

The Appeal by Janice Hallett

That’ll Teach Her by Maz Evans