Devices and Desires by P D James
A serial killer, dubbed the “Whistler”, is stalking Norfolk’s quiet lanes in this Adam Dalgleish mystery by P D James.
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The Pigeon Tunnel, by John le Carré
The master of the spy thriller pulls no punches over the dubious goings-on post-WW2 between the British, US and German governments.
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The Hiding Game, by Naomi Wood
During the rise of the Third Reich, the world is in turmoil, friendships are tested beyond their limits and trust is destroyed.
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The Book of Sand, by Theo Clare
The story A group of people toil across a scorching desert towards a weird shelter on stilts: the ‘shuck’ they call home. Shimmering on the horizon, silhouettes, recognisable as once-thriving cities from disparate continents. Now abandoned and derelict, subject to wind and the relentless scouring sand, one of them holds the key to their survival
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Carol, by Patricia Highsmith
ISBN: 9781408808979, Bloomsbury Patricia Highsmith is best known for her morally ambiguous suspense novels, including Strangers on a Train. Her biographer, Joan Schenkar, said Highsmith’s characters were so psychologically threatening that even her most devoted readers hoped never to recognise themselves in her novels. In 1952, at the start of her career, Highsmith wrote Carol
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Call For The Dead, by John le Carré
Shelf Indulgence review of John le Carre’s first George Smiley novel, by crime writer, Margaret Murphy
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Then She Was Gone, by Lisa Jewell
Arrow Books (2017), ISBN-10: 9781784756260 It’s a rare writing talent that can compel you to read on when you know that the worst has already happened. Ellie was fifteen, her mother Laurel’s golden girl. Then, in the blink of an eye, she was gone. Ten years on, her family torn apart, her remaining daughter alienated and
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Once Upon a River, by Diane Setterfield
Black Swan (2019), ISBN-10: 1784163635 Although Once Upon a River is set in Victorian England, it often seems to belong to an older, darker, more magical time. The tale begins on a dark midwinter’s night on the upper reaches of the River Thames, in an ancient inn called The Swan. At this time, we’re told, an
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Viebury Grove by Shannon Kirk
Lisa is back! The heroine of Method 15/33 is all grown up and kick-ass cool. And in Viebury Grove, she is on a mission—so hold on tight—it’s going to be a hell of a ride. Lisa Yyland has an enviable ability to keep her emotions in check, even in the most stressful situations, to such
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Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
Canongate, ISBN-13: 978-1-78689-376-5 A Costa Award winner, Kidd has been nominated for many more, and judging by Things in Jars, the accolades are well-deserved. She clearly delights in the written word—its rhythms, cadence and music, and her audacious playfulness with language bring to mind Dylan Thomas and Charles Dickens. Her exuberant prose conjures up the filth and squalor
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