Orion
Appetite
Think of synaesthesia: a young boy realises that, for him, tastes or scents trigger other senses and associations. Then set…
City of Devils
Set in wintry 1887 Turin, this blockbuster follows James Murray, a young Scottish doctor in training with eminent, medico-crime expert,…
The Ill-Made Knight
Christian Cameron is a very successful historical novelist who has written a whole series of novels set in ancient Greece.…
Under the Jewelled Sky
Under the Jewelled Sky is the story of Sophie Schofield and the men in her life. Not having had the…
The Child Thief
Editors' choice
In the winter of 1930, the inhabitants of Vyriv, a tiny village in the western Ukraine, wait uneasily for the…
A Half Forgotten Song
Zach Gilchrist’s wife has divorced him and is taking their young child to live in America. His art gallery in…
Candlemoth
I approached Candlemoth with some apprehension. Its framing device is the story of a man on Death Row in 1982,…
How to Create the Perfect Wife
The feminist in me – not to mention the far from perfect wife – quailed at the title of this…
Call Nurse Millie
This novel, set in 1945, tells the story of Amelia (Millie) Sullivan, a Sister employed by St. George’s and St.…
Shakespeare’s Rebel
We first find John Lawley sleeping off a binge of epic proportions in a down-at-heel tavern in Southwark, London. Throughout…
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