The Family Game tells the story of Harriet who's newly engaged to Edward, heir to an extremely powerful American family. Harriet suffers from writer's block and accepts an invitation to the family mansion (which of course is conveniently isolated from the rest of the world) in search of inspiration. There, she meets Edward's father who invites her to his private office and hands her a tape with a recording which seemingly contains a confession.

I confess I liked this book more than I thought! The beginning seemed a bit too far-fetched for me but then it all made sense! There were a few things that drove me mad, such as Harriet waiting to listen to the tape or the fact that she had a secret apparently so bad she thinks it;s going to ruin her chances with this family... no, seriously, does she not know the saying "birds of a feather?" tell them your secret, Harriet, they'll welcome you right into the family!

Remember:
1. Listen carefully
2. Do your research
3. Trust no one
4. Run for your life

Available from September 29, be prepared to enter an odd family with eccentric ways. Eccentric is maybe a bit kind – there’s a lot of cruelty in this novel, which makes for interesting reading but a wariness about the people around you. Harriet Reed is newly engaged to Edward Holbeck, the heir to an extremely powerful American family. This will be the first time in a long time that she’ll have a family, her own parents dying in a terrible car accident when she was a young girl. When Edward’s father hands her a tape of a book he’s been working on, novelist Harriet is desperate to listen. But this is not a novel, it’s a memoir… and a confession. Harriet must work out if this is all part of a plan to test her loyalty or something far darker. Cue a series of welcome to the family games that I have never participated in. Quite chilling in places, but very impressive.