This month’s book of the month was selected highly democratically (i.e. I said, let’s choose this one and Anna said you do you). I have to admit to already having read (and LOVED) this book, so, yeah, I’m a little biased here when I say this is perhaps one of the best thrillers I’ve ever read. It’s tense and terrifying and you’ll be on the edge of your seat the entire time. It’s one I’d suggest you preorder, and if you scroll down, you’ll find out just why I think that.
(But if that’s got you very excited, I can highly recommend After the Eclipse as well!)
Related: Don’t forget all releases can be found in our monthly lists here.
The Final Child
Fran Dorricott
Rep: lesbian mcs
CWs: child death, child abduction, gore, amputation, violence, child abuse, past suicide
Release date: 7th September 2021
Erin and her brother Alex were the last children abducted by ‘the Father’, a serial killer who only ever took pairs of siblings. She escaped, but her brother was never seen again. Traumatised, Erin couldn’t remember anything about her ordeal, and the Father was never caught.
Eighteen years later, Erin has done her best to put the past behind her. But then she meets Harriet. Harriet’s young cousins were the Father’s first victims and, haunted by their deaths, she is writing a book about the disappearances and is desperate for an interview. At first, Erin wants nothing to do with her. But then she starts receiving sinister gifts, her house is broken into, and she can’t shake the feeling that she’s being watched. After all these years, Erin believed that the Father was gone, but now she begins to wonder if he was only waiting…
You might like this if…
…you want a thriller that will keep you awake at night.
…you’re looking for a sapphic thriller.
…you like a reluctant allies to lovers trope.
