Joan's picks: Night will Find You and Lioness

Night will Find You by Julia Heaberlin (a terrific psychological thriller writer who did a wonderful book called Black Eyed Susans several years ago, and others since). This is about a woman named Vivvy who at the age of ten predicted the death of a young boy, then managed to save him when the moment came and they’ve remained good friends all their lives. He’s a cop and is convinced she’s psychic and begs her to help with a high profile cold case of a missing girl (working alongside another, deeply cynical cop). When a popular conspiracy theorist podcaster finds out about her involvement he spews conspiracy theories about the case. With everything on the line, she needs to fight back. 

Lioness by Emily Perkins - New Zealand author. Therese Thorne is in her 50’s, wife of a high profile construction magnate and over the years she’s gotten very used to a particular lifestyle - while building her own brand of homewares. They’re planning to step back a bit and move to Sydney, when it suddenly comes to light that Trevor’s been involved with fraud and corruption in his business, at which point they’re all over the media and shunned by friends they’d had for many years. Therese finds some solace with her neighbour, Clare, who lives a completely different life and shows Therese that there are other ways of being. This is the story of a woman having to examine herself and the choices she’s made and figure out what to do next. 

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