Fiction

Set in Suffolk after the second world war, this is a beautiful, delicate story of how a community rebuilds itself after trauma and destruction.

Set in London after the Second World War, a jazz musician has arrived on the Empire Windrush. A beautiful, compelling read.

Secrets are unearthed in a close-knit community when the body of a young woman is discovered on the beach in Tasmania, Australia. Gripping.

A powerful murder mystery set against family strife in the punishing heat of the Australian outback.

Five women go into the Australian bush, but only four return. With tension, suspense and great scene-setting, this follow up to The Dry doesn't disappoint.

A brilliantly eery story of a house with a history on the Suffolk coast, and a family with their own troubles.

It's war and, in 1944, V2 missiles have been unleashed on London. A young woman, after a close call, seeks to do her bit in preventing further atrocities.

A thriller based in the world of high finance and artificial intelligence.

This is an intelligent, fast-paced, all-engrossing thriller. It's a must-read for this year!

Gripping thriller about a suspicious death on the Norfolk coast, and the ramifications for the family members involved. Brilliant!

Reviewers say this is one of the funniest books you'll ever read, a comic masterpiece - will this tale of a middle class marriage make us laugh? 

A warm, funny and touching story of a boy, a single mother and an elderly man embarking on a road trip of self-discovery. Wonderful!

Wonderfully atmospheric - this is a bitterly cold coastal Essex in 1991, where the detectives puzzle over a recent murder, suicide and arson.

What happens when spies don't make the grade? They become Slow Horses, according to Mick Herron and this, his first in a number of books about Jackson Lamb and his team.

The latest investigation by Simon Serrailler begins with a clever and unnerving burglary. Murder follows.

A gripping crime novel, more a whydunnit than a whodunnit, featuring detective Simon Serrailler, by the prolific and wide-ranging writer Susan Hill.