Rosetta’s Great Reads

Home Before Night

J. P. Pomare has a gift for psychological suspense, and this novel set in the pandemic world doesn’t disappoint. When Samuel doesn’t make it home by curfew, his mother Lou begins to panic – and to drink. When Samuel contacts her via video chat from a dingy looking basement room, purporting to be at his girlfriend’s city apartment, she knows something is up. But nobody will believe her, especially not her ex-husband who writes her neurosis off to her drinking problem. But is the secret they both keep responsible for Samuel’s disappearance? In his signature style, Pomare twists the plot so that everything you think you know is turned on its head. A fast-paced read that will keep you on the edge of your seat. RRP $32.99

The Gifted Son

Genevieve Gannon, highly successful author of The Mothers, shows how a perfect family can come apart at the seams, but how the stitching holding them together can help them find the threads back to each other. Lillian Hogarth nearly lost her son Jamie to childhood leukemia, so when he is hospitalised after a coward punch, she has to relive that fear over. Told through the multiple perspectives of Lillian, Jamie, her work-focused husband and daughter and Jamie’s best friend, each have their own secrets and moral dilemmas to face in the aftermath of the tragedy. With multiple themes including bullying, hope, family love and overcoming adversity, this book will get you thinking about what matters most in life. RRP $32.99