The Friday Book Club is now open. What are you reading and loving this week?
Alt Text: "Singh's new suspense novel starts off with a bang, literally, and will have readers guessing from the first to the last pages." - Library Journal. Such A Perfect Family by Nalini Singh.
Such A Perfect Family is now out worldwide! I hope you enjoy this dark tale full of secrets. ![]()
Alt text: "Singh comes in hot and never lets up in this exhilarating standalone thriller about a man whose string of dead lovers starts arousing suspicion." - Publishers Weekly. Such A Perfect Family out January 2026.
Such A Perfect Family is out today in New Zealand, and will release in the US/Canada as soon as the clock clicks over to midnight, with the international release coming on Thursday!![]()
I hope you enjoy this dark ride that takes you from New Zealand to a desolate house surrounded by forest in Fiji and back again. ![]()
Alt Text: Thrillers by Nalini Singh: There Should Have Been Eight, Quiet in Her Bones, A Madness of Sunshine.
Nalini's latest thriller, Such A Perfect Family releases next week!! In the meantime, if you haven't already, it's a great time to dive into her previous New Zealand-set thrillers:
There Should Have Been Eight is a locked room mystery except the ”room” is a gothic ruined mansion in New Zealand’s Southern Alps. It features seven friends, one huge secret, and a reunion that goes quietly, terribly wrong…
Quiet In Her Bones is a quietly dark story about a woman who vanished ten years ago, and has now been found in the tangled forest only a short distance from her home...still dressed in the clothes she was wearing that night. What happened to Nina Rai? Someone in her exclusive cul-de-sac knows the truth...
And A Madness of Sunshine is an atmospheric thriller set in a remote New Zealand town. What if you knew one of your neighbors or friends was a murderer...but you didn’t know who... Who would you trust?
~Ashwini
Alt Text: Spring Thrills Sweepstakes: A Lie for a Lie by Ren DeStefano, The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives by Elizabeth Arnott, Sanctuary by James Cleary, Safari Murder Party by Rachel Moore, Such A Perfect Family by Nalini Singh, The Insomniacs by Allison Winn Scotch, Family Lies by Karen Rose, Ted Bell's Warmonger by Ryan Steck, Boring Asian Female by Canwen Xu. No purchase necessary. US Residents, 18+. Ends 1/20/26. See official rules at official website.
US residents: Nalini's US publisher is running a Spring Thrills sweepstakes which includes Nalini's upcoming thriller Such A Perfect Family! Click here to enter. Good luck!!
~Ashwini
Alt Text: Trio of US/Canada Slave to Sensation Covers.
Whether you've been following the series from book one, or started at a later point, tell me what you love the most about the Psy-Changeling universe.
~Ashwini
US residents: Nalini's US publisher is running a giveaway on Goodreads for 20 print copies of Such A Perfect Family! The giveaway will run until January 21st.
Good luck! ~Ashwini
It's the first Friday Book Club for 2026! What reads are you loving this week? And what are some of the new releases you're looking forward to this year?
Happy New Year from New Zealand! ![]()
I just finished doing yoga and the yoga teacher asked us to consider our own intention for this year. I love that word - intention. It seems so warm and inclusive.
How about you? Do you like to set an intention (intentions!) whether in the new year or each day/week/month? ![]()