"Nobody’s Fool" by Harlan Coben

This one had me hooked from the first page. Harlan Coben is the king of twisty thrillers, and Nobody’s Fool totally delivered. The setup? Wild. Sami Kierce wakes up in Spain next to his dead girlfriend, covered in blood, holding the knife—then runs. Fast forward 22 years, and he's now a PI and a new dad, trying to live a quiet life… until he sees her again. Alive.

Cue the obsession, the spiralling questions, and that classic Coben rollercoaster of suspense. I couldn’t stop turning the pages—every time I thought I had it figured out, another twist hit me sideways. Sami’s guilt, the creeping paranoia, the buried secrets—it all makes for a gritty, fast-paced read that kept me up way too late.

If you love thrillers that mess with your head in the best way, this one's a must-read. Total binge.

The Egg by Andy Weir

 (Right, so you may have noticed I'm on an Andy Weir binge.)

"The egg" is the shortest science fiction story I've ever read. It's probably also one of the deepest.

Blurb

A short story about the universe and your place in it.

Randomize by Andy Weird

This is a short science fiction story. A good one. A real mathematician would tell you that's not really how randomisation works. Just as well I'm not a real mathematician. 

Blurb

In the near future, if Vegas games are ingeniously scam-proof, then the heists have to be too, in this imaginative and whip-smart story by the New York Times bestselling author of The Martian. An IT whiz at the Babylon Casino is enlisted to upgrade security for the game of keno and its random-number generator. The new quantum computer system is foolproof. But someone on the inside is no fool. For once the odds may not favor the house—unless human ingenuity isn’t entirely a thing of the past.

The Opposite of Everybody

It's no secret that I love Joshilyn Jackson and her books. I love her and her books so much that I waited all this time (almost two years) to read "The opposite of Everyone".

The reason? Because my copy is sighed by the author, personalised for me, one of the earliest fans. And I didn't want to risk the book getting splattered on during breakfast or soaked in the bath or wear out in my briefcase.

Okay, this sounds creepy. It's not. I think.

So eventually I bought an Audible version and had the book read to me while I ate, drove, chopped, bathed and bleached. The author reads her books herself, and she does a brilliant job of it. I prefer reading with my eyes, not with my ears, but having the author read to you adds a dimension of special.

Right, This is also verging on creepy.

So. The book. Darker than most. Equally compelling. A strong unique heroine with a lovable semi-love interest. A great story. Beautifully told. You will be mesmerised.