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Cath Staincliffe Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Crimewriter – novels, radio, TV, to-do lists. Reading junkie. Likes hill-walks, mum dancing, pootling in the garden. She/her. Latest book Running Out of Road.

34 books
Book Cover for: Before You Knew My Name, Jacqueline Bublitz

Before You Knew My Name

Jacqueline Bublitz
Cath StaincliffeCath Staincliffe

#FridayReads Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz. 'Not just another novel about a dead girl.' A finely written, moving, wise look at male violence to women. The story of a murder victim and the woman who found her. Eloquent on friendship and a love letter to New York.

Paperback, 2022

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Girl a, Abigail Dean

Girl a

Abigail Dean
Cath StaincliffeCath Staincliffe

#FridayReads Haven't finished it yet but I am enjoying Girl A by @abigailsdean SO MUCH. Vivid, beautifully written, harrowing and often funny, it's a pleasure to read and utterly compelling. Should win prizes.

Paperback, 2022

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Lanny, Max Porter

Lanny

Max Porter
Cath StaincliffeCath Staincliffe

#FridayReads Lanny by Max Porter. Inventive and funny and heart-breaking. Beautifully written. A really unique read, full of wonder, that I know will stay with me.

Paperback, 2020

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: HIT AND RUN a gripping crime thriller filled with twists, Cath Staincliffe

HIT AND RUN a gripping crime thriller filled with twists

Cath Staincliffe
Cath StaincliffeCath Staincliffe

US readers - HIT AND RUN a gripping crime thriller filled with twists (Detective Janine Lewis Mysteries Book 2) is featured today on @eBookDaily ! https://t.co/gYnGzoNXrU

Paperback, 2022

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Binding, Bridget Collins

The Binding

Bridget Collins
Cath StaincliffeCath Staincliffe

#FridayReads The Binding by Bridget Collins. A rich Gothic fantasy, set in an alternative past which had me completely mesmerised. A powerful and poignant love story. Original and brilliant.

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Book Cover for: Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner), Douglas Stuart

Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)

Douglas Stuart
Cath StaincliffeCath Staincliffe

#FridayReads I'm having two this week because I can. Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart (breath taking, heartbreaking and so vivid) and Mrs England by Stacey Halls (twisty gothic chiller with a wonderful sense of time and place - the Calder Valley in West Yorkshire in 1904). https://t.co/Q6lT5eqjRU

Paperback, 2020

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Farm, Joanne Ramos

The Farm

Joanne Ramos
Cath StaincliffeCath Staincliffe

#FridayReads The Farm by Joanne Ramos. A gripping dystopian story about women who act as surrogates, bearing children for the rich and powerful. Eloquent on inequality, class and race, with memorable well-crafted characters. Unputdownable.

Paperback, 2020

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Starling Days, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

Starling Days

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Cath StaincliffeCath Staincliffe

#FridayReads Starling Days by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan. The Costa short-listed novel about a young couple who make a temporary move from New York to London, the woman struggling with depression, is sensitively, honestly told and very moving. I was completely immersed. @RowanHLB

Paperback, 2021

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Exit, Belinda Bauer

Exit

Belinda Bauer
Cath StaincliffeCath Staincliffe

#FridayReads Exit by Belinda Bauer. Another cracker from a truly original author. This farce about a man who assists dying people end their lives but finds he has helped the wrong person is full of wit and acute observation, with a fiendishly clever plot. A real pleasure.

Paperback, 2022

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Early Warning, Jane Smiley

Early Warning

Jane Smiley
Cath StaincliffeCath Staincliffe

I’ve been lucky enough to go away on holiday recently, giving me even more time to read. Here are the books I devoured – all recommended. The Hike by @SJIHolliday Early Warning by Jane Smiley, In a House of Lies by @Beathhigh Wish You Were Here by @jodipicoult 1/2 https://t.co/KRIW38p0V6

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