Books
The Painter’s Friend by Howard Cunnell: ‘Too often drifts into the obscure’

The Painter’s Friend by Howard Cunnell: ‘Too often drifts into the obscure’
The Ophelia Girls by Jane Healey: A sinewy and enchanting style

The Ophelia Girls by Jane Healey: A sinewy and enchanting style
Libby Scott: ‘My autism diagnosis stopped me hating myself’

Libby Scott: ‘My autism diagnosis stopped me hating myself’
It’s time to Get Loud for forcibly displaced people

It’s time to Get Loud for forcibly displaced people
Dream Girl by Laura Lippman: Confusion, trauma and violence

Dream Girl by Laura Lippman: Confusion, trauma and violence
The Turnout by Megan Abbott: An edgy and unpredictable tale

The Turnout by Megan Abbott: An edgy and unpredictable tale
The Coward: Riotously funny testament to our ability to forgive

The Coward: Riotously funny testament to our ability to forgive
Peter Ackroyd: ‘When I was young I wanted to be Pope’

Peter Ackroyd: ‘When I was young I wanted to be Pope’
The Mad Women’s Ball examines feminism and hysteria

The Mad Women’s Ball examines feminism and hysteria
True Crime Story by Joseph Knox: Post-modern playfulness

True Crime Story by Joseph Knox: Post-modern playfulness
Ascension by Oliver Harris: Breaking the crime fiction mould

Ascension by Oliver Harris: Breaking the crime fiction mould
The Book of Trespass: ‘Every step on forbidden ground’

The Book of Trespass: ‘Every step on forbidden ground’
The Assistant’s Kjella Ola Dahl on discovering a criminal family past

The Assistant’s Kjella Ola Dahl on discovering a criminal family past
The Hierarchies by Ros Anderson: Asks questions on what it means to be human

The Hierarchies by Ros Anderson: Asks questions on what it means to be human
The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin: An arrow through the reader’s heart
