Woman & Home

August’s BOOK CLUB

We love a good thriller, and this month there are more than ever. We hope you enjoy the ones we’ve chosen as part of our summer selection.

SELF-DISCOVERY

Swift River by Essie Chambers (£16.99, HB, Dialogue)

It’s summer 1987 and Diamond Newberry is navigating life as the only Black person in the dying New England mill town of Swift River. When a letter arrives from an Aunt Lena on her father’s side, she begins to find out about family she’s never known. Will Diamond learn enough to change her life forever? Exquisitely written, we are already eagerly awaiting Chambers’ next novel.

SUPERB MYSTERY

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (£16.99, HB, HarperCollins)

Fifteen years after the disappearance

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