British fiction – Page 2

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

Police thriller set in Rome with engaging characters, sharp dialogue and lots of action-a modern thriller but filled with echoes of the past

Friends perform a ritual, entering their treasured items into a box buried in the woods. It must remain undisturbed or… So who opened it?

A well-paced book which crosses genres into post-war thriller, murder mystery and amateur detective fiction with the odd historical cameo

Family is family -nothing can be done about it. In this novel, Haddon shows how dysfunctional it can be whilst making a warm and funny tale.

Controversy forms the basis of this thriller which questions our moral responsibility to young people who offend: rehabilitate or right off?

A Ruth Galloway mystery which is set at the start of the pandemic and which involves a number of mysterious deaths of women

A nice novel about Emmy Lake, a young woman in the London Blitz, who decides to answer letters for an agony aunt who finds them Unacceptable

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

A glimpse into ancient Britain told through the eyes of Luca, whose story is one of family, rivalry, relics, roots and war.