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?

Death in the Tallgrass by Donald Willerton

A gripping tale of discovery and redemption set in the early twentieth century America filled with treachery, tribes and tribulation

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

Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

The best book that I have read this year – a funny, warm, unique book with a biting message about how women should carve their own path

A Fatal Gilded High Note by Cecelia Tichi

Another enjoyable murder mystery from the Gilded Age with Val and Roddy DeVere who investigate a suspicious death in a box at the opera

A Map of the Edge by David Isaak

A coming-of-age tale which is an intense read, following fifteen year old Rick as he navigates a teendom strewn with diversions and upsets

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

My first encounter with Hemingway and surprisingly, a forgettable and, dare I say it, regrettable one: did not meet expectations