MARVELOUSLY CLEVER EPISTOLARY novel: a rant from a man angry that a writer friend has hijacked his life story.

AN INNER-CITY LONDON teacher’s life is thrown into chaos by a man who may be her long-missing son.  Devastating.

AN EDINBURGH COP uncovers old secrets on a remote Scottish island, his childhood home. Taut, atmospheric!

SPOOKY TALE COMBINES Florida-style Southern Gothic and the supernatural for chilling suspense. Kit Reed rules!

COMPELLING, DEEPLY RESEARCHED history of racial segregation and integration in the US military. Eye-opening!

ENTERTAINING COLLECTION OF Jon Ronson’s diffident-gonzo interviews with unusual types, from robots to psychics.

ENGAGING BIOGRAPHY OF architect, artist, antiquarian Sarah Losh, whose 1840s church in Wreay still delights.

MEMORABLY RESOURCEFUL HEROINE needs every bit of her fierceness to make her way in Victorian England. Engaging!

FIVE STORIES, CONNECTED by big themes like luck, love, and identity, each deftly handled by Sebastian Faulks.

QUIRKY, LAID-BACK HISTORY of gene research has lots of wacky examples of how the building blocks of life work.