![]() ![]() Photographing socialites for fashionable magazines isn’t fulfilling Amory, and she leaves to search for life, love and artistic expression. William Boyd’s Sweet Caress is the story of Amory, who discovers a love for photography thanks to her uncle Greville. But Reece soon has to face that there’s a traitor in his midst. But Reece also has a second mission, which he’s keeping secret from everyone, including Charlotte, the woman he’s fallen in love with. ![]() The Winter Agent by Gareth Rubin is set in 1944, and follows Marc Reece, who leads a circuit of British agents risking their lives in order to sabotage the German war effort from within. When s woman stumbles into the road one night, Niall drives her to their house, but the next morning she’s gone, leaving Lauren for answers. It’s perfect autumn reading.įrancine Toon’s Pine, which won the McIlvanney Prize 2020, is an eerie story about Lauren and her father Niall, who live in a small village surrounded by a forest in the Highlands. Kirsty Logan’s short story collection Things We Say in the Dark features chilling contemporary fairytales, disturbing supernatural fiction and more. From historical to dystopian, Grand Union is a collection about time, place, identity and rebirth. In Grand Union, 10 new and unpublished stories by Zadie Smith sit alongside some of her best-loved pieces from The New Yorker and other publications. All evoke a sense of uneasiness at times, a darkness that matches the light (or lack of it) outside, yet all are also absorbing, entertaining tales. This month’s fiction books are perfect for long winter nights. It’s also been named a book of the year by The New Statesman and The Financial Times. If there’s one poetry book you absolutely need to read this year, it’s Caleb Femi’s Poor, in which Femi combines verse and original photography to explore the trials, tribulations and dreams of young Black boys in Peckham today. Foroohar looks at how once-idealistic companies like Google and Facebook came to play a role in the manipulation of elections and the violation of our privacy. In Don’t Be Evil, Rana Foroohar investigates the threat that Big Tech poses to our democracies, our economies and ourselves. It’s the perfect read for a year in which we’ve needed to look after ourselves more than ever. If you’re seeking something comforting and soothing, try Katherine May’s Wintering, a meditation on the times in life when we have to retreat so we can care for and repair ourselves. A tense story about women and power that will keep you guessing until the end. It’s good Friday and in Lancaster Castle, two notorious witches await trial and almost certain death. The Daylight Gate is a reissue of Jeanette Winterson’s 2012 novel set in 1612 and focusing on the Pendle witch trials. Can amateur detective Hugh Gaveston uncover what happened? The Westbury family and its friends gather to celebrate Christmas, but soon discover one of their number dead in the snow, with a pistol beside him and only one set of footprints. Murder Most Festive by Ada Moncrieff also features threat and peril, but in a very different setting: a beautiful country house in 1938. ![]() A normal day quickly turns into a nightmare when the school comes under siege, forcing pupils and teachers to barricade themselves into classrooms while police try to identify and take down the gunmen. Rosamund Lupton’s Three Hours is set at a rural school in Somerset. This month’s fiction choices are the definition of “page-turning”, and are ideal to sink into on a cold autumn or winter evening. ![]()
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