Precipice by Robert Harris
This book is based on a great premise. Take some historical documents and create a story around them, which is … More Precipice by Robert Harris
Saltblood by Francesca de Tores
This is the swashbuckling tale of two female pirates, Mary Read and Anne Bonny, both women brought up as boys … More Saltblood by Francesca de Tores
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
As you can imagine, the waiting list at the library for this book was long but good things come to … More We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
There are so many reasons why people become exiled – war, economics, politics, religion – but all leave a taste … More This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
My Friends by Hisham Matar
A decision to attend an anti-Qaddafi protest outside the Libyan embassy has enormous repercussions throughout the lives of three friends. … More My Friends by Hisham Matar
Guide me Home by Attica Locke
The final book in the Highway 59 trilogy asks us directly to consider whether the divisions in American society that … More Guide me Home by Attica Locke
Playground by Richard Powers
An imaginative, deeply-researched but human look at the big issues of today. Through the narrative of Todd Keane, a dying … More Playground by Richard Powers
A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson
Told through three points of view, this is the story of two families in crisis, one in the past and … More A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson
Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd
This book feels like the first in a series, showing as it does, how a man is pulled into spying … More Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd
The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
Chevalier has made her name writing about women in history, makers and creators, who have defied the odds and forged … More The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier