MUM NOIR
The Whispers by Ashley Audrain (£14.99, HB, Michael Joseph)
If you couldn’t get enough of Audrain’s debut novel, The Push, you will devour this highly anticipated follow-up, which also delves into the complexities of motherhood. When a boy falls from a window after a neighbourhood party, three women confront how this dreadful event affects them – and we learn their deepest, darkest thoughts. A brilliant, honest read about families in crisis.
TEENAGE CHILLS
Kala by Colin Walsh (£16.99, HB, Atlantic Books)
A group of friends reunite in their home town on the west coast of Ireland, after avoiding each other for years, and are forced to grapple with a dark past. Something terrible happened when they