The tainted cup

Thriller writer Erin Kelly recommends the reads you need when you want to let loose

by Adele Parks (£16.99, HB, HarperCollins) How far would you go to protect your family? This Christmastime, Connie is welcoming all her children home and is particularly thrilled to be meeting her dau

Our books editor Zoe West gives us her favourite picks for the month

And so it was that the fair Lady Joanna spurned her betrothed and fled from the castle in the dead of night, her faithful man-at-arms by her side. Off the lovers ran, into the depths of Howe Acre wood

by Patrick Ryan (£16.99, HB, Bloomsbury) Ohio. In the aftermath of World War II, a passionate moment between Cal Jenkins and Margaret Salt entangles their lives – and those of their partners – forever

GEAR UP FOR AUTUMN WITH THESE CHILLING TALES OF HAUNTED HOUSES, RIVER SPIRITS AND A ONE-EYED TROLL