Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang

A book very much of our time where questions of authorship and cultural appropriation are rife – an interesting read

Persephone’s Beat by Echo Arnold

Imogen is surprised when she is approached by Lila, daughter of a famous MP, at a gig: it’s exciting and unexpected but is it a good thing?

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?

The Age of Treachery by Gavin Scott

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

Eye For An Eye by M.J. Arlidge

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

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

Dear Mrs Bird by A. J. Pearce

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

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