The first in a trilogy of books about Gabriel Dax, which charts his progression from orphaned boy to popular writer – but is he really sought for his writing talent?
Category Archives: British fiction
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms by Katherine Rundell
A story of a girl taken from all she knows and her fight to survive in a world where she doesn’t fit
Of Lions and Unicorns by Michael Morpurgo
A collection and selection of Morpurgo’s work, including complete short stories and excerpts from his most applauded novels
The Serial Killer’s Wife by Alice Hunter
An original book with a surprising ending which failed to set this reader alight
Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce
A tale of friendship, reconciliation with the past, and adventure, with two unlikely women searching for a beetle on the other side of the world
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
There are exploits; I’m not sure how glorious they are but this book doesn’t need glory to make it a triumph
The Woman who Walked into the Sea by Mark Douglas-Home
A tense tale set in coastal Scotland where enquiries about the mystery of a baby’s abandonment and her mother’s suicide stir up trouble
The Power by Naomi Alderman
A powerful book that will stay with me a long time for all of the right reasons – thought-provoking, shrewd and frightening
The Villa of Mysteries by David Hewson
Police thriller set in Rome with engaging characters, sharp dialogue and lots of action-a modern thriller but filled with echoes of the past
The Sacrifice Box by Martin Stewart
Friends perform a ritual, entering their treasured items into a box buried in the woods. It must remain undisturbed or… So who opened it?
Scuffed Granny 