21st Century Fiction – Scuffed Granny

When the Darkness Swallowed the Sun by Robin Newbold

Dark, tense, violent, the backpacker’s mecca of Thailand broods blackly as Dan, a reporter, investigates two brutal killings on an island

A thought-provoking book for our times, dressed up in a parody of a classic story, acting allegorically to show the fight against oppression

D.C.I. Jack Logan faces more than the challenge of a police investigation in this great thriller

Wonderful storytelling about an orphaned girl, a trip to Paris and a secret world of rooftops and their inhabitants

A new fictional police detective is here – smart, determined, a great team leader but is DCI Ben Fitzpatrick battling more than just crime?

A wonderful collection of short stories, giving glimpses into the varied lives that make up human existence

A project takes people back to nature and a nomadic lifestyle but is this going to be the idyll they think it will be?

An intriguing title for an intriguing book about an imaginative girl called April at a key time in her life

A fun book for middle graders, which is humorous and a little bit bonkers, of an unlikely hero and his fight to save Snackland and dumplings

Spain’s love of bullfighting is explored in this tale of competition between family, money and tradition