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Katharine Johnson

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in Bristol, The United Kingdom

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Crime, Contemporary, Suspense

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Katharine Johnson grew up in Bristol and now divides her time between Berkshire and Lucca, Italy. After doing a History degree she trained to be a journalist and has worked for a variety of magazines, writing about everything including the kitchen sink. She's loved writing since childhood and wrote her first book aged nine. When not writing she can usually be found walking her spaniel, doing the school run, playing netball or being a room guide in a stately home.
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	The Suspects 3.98 avg rating — 622 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silence 4.37 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret 4.42 avg rating — 92 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lies, Mistakes and Misunderstandings 4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Born in a Red Canoe 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Helen Matthews, author of the brilliant new psychological suspense The Girl in the Van shows the importance of settings in a novel and explains why you can take the girl out of Wales, but you can’t take Wales out of the girl

I was born in Cardiff and stayed there until I went to university in Liverpool. After that, I went travelling then settled in London. Some years later, I changed career and

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Katharine Johnson rated a book it was amazing The Perfect Life by Nuala Ellwood	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Riveting. I loved this twisty tale with its roots in a child's ghost story. Creepy and intriguing right to the end. ...more
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Katharine Johnson rated a book it was amazing The Street Party by Claire Seeber (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A perfectly constructed, character-based domestic drama full of secrets, suspicion and spite. The three women have such different lives and connections, it’s clear that bringing them together is never going to end well. I felt like a fly on the wall ...more
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Katharine Johnson rated a book it was amazing Sleepless by Romy Hausmann (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Clever, complex and compelling. An ingenious plot, full of suspicion, fragmented memories, tricks and traps. Although it took me a little while for me to grasp who was who and how these characters and their stories connected, I was intrigued from the ...more
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Katharine Johnson rated a book it was amazing Mother May I by Joshilyn Jackson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A deftly plotted, nightmarish domestic thriller about privilege, consent and revenge. This is the second book I’ve read by Joshilyn Jackson. Never Have I Ever was one of my all-time favourites and very hard to beat but this powerful drama held me cap ...more
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Katharine Johnson rated a book really liked it Her Last Holiday: the most addictive crime thriller of 2021 by C.L. Taylor (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Wonderfully creepy - I loved the unsettling atmosphere, escalating tension, and the shocking reveals. Superb characters, especially Fran. Packed with intrigue and the ending was thrilling.
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Katharine Johnson rated a book really liked it The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I wasn't sure how I felt about reading a novel about a pandemic during an actual pandemic but when I finally plucked up courage I found it imaginative, beautifully written and amazingly prescient. The author captures brilliantly the surreal sense at ...more
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Katharine Johnson rated a book it was amazing The Lies We Tell by Jane Corry (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A tense and twisty emotional rollercoaster! I was immediately drawn in by the premise and loved the claustrophobic drama between the main characters and the way the plot was teased out. Jane Corry does a wonderful job getting inside these characters’ ...more
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