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?

The Night Garden: Of My Mother by Sandra Tyler

Sandra Tyler in her memoir has crafted something which at times is hard to read in its candour but whose essence is deeply touching