Terrifying twists abound in the best of this months psychological fiction

The Last Truths We Told is available now from the Mail Bookshop 

THE LAST TRUTHS WE TOLD by Holly Watt (Raven £16.99, 368pp) 

THE idea of catching up with a group 20 years after they made predictions about what would happen to them all is the simple idea behind this clever, thoughtful thriller. 

The big twist is that one of them, Lily, is now dead. Maggie, an investigative journalist meets up with the rest of the gang at a grand ancestral home full of secret staircases and secretive people. But the predictions written on scraps of paper during a dinner party all those years ago prove to be more powerful and threatening in ways they could never have imagined. And it falls to Maggie to get to the bottom of why Lily has died despite the dangers she faces. 

This is a very atmospheric tale with well-drawn characters and a surprising ending. 

BEAUTIFUL UGLY by Alice Feeney (Macmillan £16.99, 320pp) 

FEENEY is firmly established as psycho thriller royalty, so expectations are high with each new title. Her bestseller His & Hers is soon to be streamed on Netflix, and all this after a humble start as a BBC journalist.

 Her cleverly titled latest book does not disappoint. Author Grady Green escapes to a tiny Scottish island to try and recover from the mysterious disappearance of his wife. He had been on the phone to her when she disappeared, and her empty car was found on the edge of a cliff. But the mystery really deepens when he arrives on the island and thinks he sees a woman who is his wife.

A brilliant study of marriage and revenge. 

Anything For You by Sophie McKenzie

ANYTHING FOR YOU by Sophie McKenzie (Canelo £9.99, 336pp) 

ALISON has always been smug about her close relationship with her 18-year-old daughter, Lola, who is studying hard for her A-levels. 

But that all changes when Alison turns up at school to pick her up as a surprise, and sees her getting into a red sports car with Brendan – an older man with whom she had a traumatic time at university. Alison’s shock and determination fuel a fast-moving plot that sees a mother fighting for her daughter’s future and redemption from her own past. 

McKenzie has a simple, straightforward prose style and relies on short chapters to keep the pace up.

Psychologically some of the plot is a bit of a stretch, but the storytelling is assured and compelling.