Books

The husband-and-wife team writing under the name Nicci French are famous for dark, suspenseful thrillers exploring the seamy underbelly of human psychology.

The Second World War has long been fertile territory for mystery authors, but Susan Elia MacNeal's debut novel offers an intriguing twist, imagining an American-raised Brit inside Churchill's office.

Alan Bradley has myriad of fans who eagerly await each installment in his Flavia de Luce mystery series. And now there’s word that the rights to the stories have been optioned by director Sam Mendes for adaptation as a TV series.

When Rachel Joyce’s hero, Harold Fry, sets off to post a letter to an old friend, little does he know that he’s heading out on a weeks-long journey that will take him right across Britain. This captivating and emotional debut novel takes a look at one man’s unexamined life and what it takes for him to find his way back to happiness and love.

Zöe Ferraris' third novel set in Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Strangers, couldn't be more aptly named. On one level, it refers to the country's influx of foreign workers, many of whom work in menial jobs.