Controversy forms the basis of this thriller which questions our moral responsibility to young people who offend: rehabilitate or right off?
Category Archives: 21st Century Fiction
Afterburn by D. Andrews
A story of universal domination set in a futuristic sci-fi world but also an examination of a controlling and damaging relationship
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
The story of Eleanor, her loves and losses, in the context of her time at the holiday home her grandfather built, The Paper Palace
The Whispering Palms by Annette Leigh
A search for a missing girl takes our heroine, Andie Yates back to Bayswater where she grew up and which holds good and bad memories for her
Dreams of Drowning by Patricia Averbach
A novel of two tales, beautifully told, which weaves the weight of loss, youthful idealism and the limitations of old age together
The Greater Good by Frank Sapienza
Frank Sapienza gives us a modern moral thriller about Dr Jon Morrison who is given a choice to help his son but at what ethical cost?
Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty
A tale of three sisters, starting towards the end point and leading us through their lives with all the ups and downs, upsets and triumphs.
The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths
A Ruth Galloway mystery which is set at the start of the pandemic and which involves a number of mysterious deaths of women
The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell
A great children’s book but more than that, a great story book, about Feo and her wolves, and fighting the enemy intent on her destruction
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The story of Sam and Sadie principally, and a friendship that endures rifts and crises, set in the world of computer programming and gaming