An impressive debut in a glossary-style list which deserves a place on your shelf, meet A Key to Treehouse Living by Elliot Reed. The plot: William Tyce is a boy without parents, left under the care of an eccentric, absent uncle. To impose order on the sudden chaos of...
The most beautiful novel for you to get lost in, you need to read The Lost Lights of St Kilda by Elisabeth Gifford. The plot: 1927: When Fred Lawson takes a summer job on St Kilda, little does he realise that he has joined the last community to ever live in that...
A realistic story of jealousy and deceit, meet The Other Mrs by Mary Kubica. The plot: When Sadie moves with her husband Will and their two children to a tiny coastal town, it’s a fresh start. Will swears the affair he was having back in the city is over and Sadie...
A divine, uplifting book which I never knew I needed – you must read Away with the Penguins by Hazel Prior. The plot: Veronica McCreedy lives in a mansion by the sea. She loves a nice cup of Darjeeling tea, perhaps with a ginger on the side. She enjoys watching a good...
Not your bog-standard crime fiction, but an incredible blend of dark wit and dry humour, here’s Mexico Street by Simone Buchholz. The plot: Night after night, cars are set alight across the German city of Hamburg, with no obvious pattern, no explanation and no...
