GOTHIC STORY
The Ghost Woods by CJ Cooke (£14.99, HB, Harper Collins)
Celebrate spooky season with this gothic thriller. When Pearl Gorham arrives at Lichen Hall in 1965 to have her baby, she knows immediately something is amiss. The Whitlocks are a troubled family, there’s a mysterious mother and boy roaming the grounds, and a sinister presence in the woods. Cooke has mixed the darkness of reality with a magical realism that will have you gripped.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TALE
The Favour by Nicci French (£16.99, HB, Simon & Schuster)
Successful doctor Jude comes face to face with her first love Liam after 10 years. He knows her inside and out, and so, when he asks
