Until It Was Gone by Dave Seaburn

Another story full of humour and humanity about marriage, family dynamics, the wounds of past arguments and moving forward.

Thirty Days Hath September by Ronald Dwinnells

A disillusioned medical student encounters an older patient who takes him to task over his attitude, wanting to alter it for the better

The Antigen: The Seed of Corruption Part 2 by A.I. Fabler

Fabler holds a mirror up to the world, using what he sees to write a taut thriller where good people try to expose those who would control

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

Ruso and the Disappearing Dancing Girls by R.S. Downie

Ruso’s life as a doctor is busy. Add rescued slave, disappearing girls, family, pedants and dogs and it gets interesting – and troubling

At a Time Like This by Catherine Dunne

A book about four friends, set in Ireland, centring on how they are all there for each other – but are there secrets that could divide them?

Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang

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

Sour Apples: A Novel For Those Who Hate To Read by Paul Jantzen

A book of boys and baseball which rolls along at a fair old pace, with humour, cracking dialogue and scrapes and incidents galore

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

A book which reveals itself gradually, uncoiling before us while being told through the eyes of our narrator, Cadence, but can we trust her?