The Mole People by Kevin Landt

Suzie suffers from schizophrenia and when this starts to drag her life into darker realms, we go with Landt’s narrative to the Mole People

Ransom by David Malouf

Malouf retells, in his own words but with the air of the original Homer, the story of Priam and Achilles and the ransom for Hector’s body

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

The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne

Another great book from John Boyne which took me through the full range of human emotions, and the life and loves of Cyril Avery

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

More of the Fae realm and its troubles with a megalomaniac king, threats galore and, it has to be said, a fair amount of faerie smut

The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop by Lewis Buzbee

A bookseller tells us about selling books alongside a history of books; but this is not just about facts. This is about the love of books

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?