January is the month that we need to reset.
We’re drinking water. We’re going to the gym. And we’re trying to read a bit more.
Thankfully there are so many incredible books coming out this month to make sure that we expand our minds.
Here’s what we’ll be binge-reading in January.
The Dark Hours – Amy Jordan
There is a serial killer at work in Cork, one as clever as he is deadly. Julia may not be a detective yet, but after the harrowing events of that night, she is determined to be the one to catch him…
She first faced him in 1994.
Now three decades later, Julia is retired and leaving her illustrious career behind. When two women are found dead, Julia realises it’s happening again. Only this time, the stakes are even higher. Julia must return to Cork to face a vicious killer and the memories that haunt her.
Out January 21st
Nesting – Roisin O’Donnell
On a bright spring afternoon in Dublin, Ciara Fay makes a split-second decision that will change everything.
Grabbing an armful of clothes from the washing line, Ciara straps her two young daughters into her car and drives away. Head spinning, all she knows for certain is that home is no longer safe.
This was meant to be an escape. But with dwindling savings, no job, and her family across the sea, Ciara finds herself adrift, facing a broken housing system and the voice of her own demons.
Out January 16th
A Serial Killer’s Guide to Marriage – Asia Mackay
Hazel and Fox are an ordinary married couple with a baby. Except for one small thing, they’re ex-serial killers.
They had it all. An enviable London lifestyle, five-star travels, and plenty of bad men to kill. Then Hazel fell pregnant and they gave it all up for life in the suburbs; dinner parties instead of body disposal.
But recently Hazel has started to feel that itch again. When she kills someone behind Fox’s back and brings the police to their door, she must do anything she can to protect her family.
Out January 16th
So Thrilled For You – Holly Bourne
Nicki, Lauren, Charlotte and Steffi have been friends since university.
Now in their thirties, life is pulling them in different directions – but when Charlotte organises the baby shower of hell for pregnant Nicki, the girls are reunited.
Under a sweltering hot summer day, tensions rise – and by the end of the evening, nothing will ever be the same. Someone started a fire at the house – and everyone’s a suspect…
Out January 16th
The Favourites – Layne Fargo
This is an epic love story that reimagines the tempestuous romance of Wuthering Heights in the sparkling, savage world of elite figure skating.
Perfect for lovers of Daisy Jones and The Six, we follow Katarina Shaw and Heath Rocha.
She might not have a famous name, funding, or her family’s support, but Katarina Shaw has always known that she was destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice.
Out January 14th
Confessions – Catherine Airey
It is late September in 2001 and the walls of New York are papered over with photos of the missing. Cora Brady’s father is there, the poster she made taped to columns and bridges.
Her mother died long ago and now, orphaned on the cusp of adulthood, Cora is adrift and alone. Soon, a letter will arrive with the offer of a new life: far out on the ragged edge of Ireland, in the town where her parents were young, an estranged aunt can provide a home and fulfil a long-forgotten promise.
There the story of Cora’s family is hidden, and in her presence will begin to unspool…
Out January 14th
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls – Grady Hendrix
Unwed mothers are sent to the Wellwood Home in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened.
Fifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970 where she meets a librarian who gives her an occult book about witchcraft, and power is in the hands of the girls for the first time in their lives.
But power can destroy as easily as it creates, and it’s never given freely. There’s always a price to be paid…and it’s usually paid in blood.
Out January 16th