We love Lisa Jewell for her dark and twisty thriller books and could not resist ranking our favorites.

While this might not be my favorite out of the four books I have read by the author, I do think this is her best attempt at a mystery that has you guessing until the end.running around with friends in the warm summer air, making up games and sharing secrets, until of course the park lights came on and it was time to check-in, or at least make a showing, for dinner. But the hints of other crimes Tempe’s identification uncovers, particularly crimes against children, spur her on to redouble her efforts despite the new M. Utterly believable characters, a gripping story and a dark secret buried at its core: this is Lisa Jewell at her heart-stopping best. I’m glad that I took a chance on The Girls in the Garden, because Jewell is indeed a good story teller. The are two mums, Adele with her homeschooled daughters Catkin, Fern and Willow, and Clare with her Grace and Pip, whose father is supposed to be in mental institution after burning their house down during a schizophrenic episode.

Although Grace survives, the community is reminded of the unsolved death of a teenage girl who was related to or known by many of the adults in the neighborhood, which makes them question how well they know each other or their children’s friends. As they all race to discover answers to these convoluted mysteries, they will come to find that they’re connected in ways they could have never imagined. The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell begins with a terrible crime, catching my attention right off. Although Lydia, Dean, and Robyn live separate lives, their world is about to tilt on it axis thanks to letter with a shocking secret.

the children running about the big communal garden brought back memories of when I was a child (younger than most of those in this story) and we all wandered together between houses, and instead of a communal garden, we had paddocks to play in. Amid the chaos of the concrete jungle that is London, the square proves to be a haven where your children can play freely; running from place to place and from one house to another. Ralph, a terrible artist, suddenly notices that he has feelings for his new flatmate Jem, the liveliest and most reasonable girl he has ever met.

This one is full of great characters, loads of possible suspects, rich family histories, and lifetimes of secrets. As time continues to pass by, the more her urge to know why the man is seating on the bench while it is raining. Even if things weren't seemingly crumbling from within, the last thing this place needs is more drama. It is so vividly described with the secluded spaces so very suitable for clandestine meetings but also set against the openness of community living and the lack of privacy.Despite the cover art screaming "compelling" "gripping" and "fascinating" I just didn't feel any of those things. This fantastic book is really about chemistry – human chemistry, and what happens when something is dropped into a previously stable mix of ingredients; something that will turn the entire brew into something unpredictable, toxic, and explosive. Something nasty happens to one of Clare’s daughter’s at the beginning of the book – it’s not particularly brutal so no need to shy away if you’re squeamish. We are—well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z (2006).