Cleverly plotted thriller in which Sadie, dismissed in disgrace from the FBI and now a spy for hire, is embedded in a rural commune in France, tasked with undermining their efforts to protect the environment, by fair means or foul.
Ambitious, brilliantly rendered tale of the residents of a small Austrian town close to the border with Hungary, dealing with imminent change, the collapse of the Iron Curtain and confronted with unwelcome, repressed secrets of their recent past.
Entertaining Cold War espionage caper in which Gabriel, a restless journalist, is lured into covert missions under orders from shadowy intelligence officers and his alluring enigmatic handler, Faith Green.
Dazzlingly accomplished novel set in Dublin in which two brothers find themselves emotionally adrift after the death of their father. Beautifully observed depiction of their inner thought processes and those of the women closest to them.
A man with a child making their way through an apocalyptic landscape are captured by a loner living in an old mine, to whom he recounts their story of survival in a devastated post-climate-collapse world.
In a worthy addition to the genre, John le Carré’s son brings Smiley out of retirement, two years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It stands as both homage to his father and an excellent thriller in its own right.
Tender and deeply affecting story of a mixed race scholarship boy who yearns to become an actor, and of his mother, a single parent and talented seamstress equally determined to follow her own path.
A gripping tale of passion detailing the affair of Prime Minister Herbert Asquith with the much younger Venetia Stanley, based on his daily letters, as the country slides towards the First World War.
Helen, an art therapist at a psychiatric hospital learns that a talented but mute artist has been living as a recluse for decades. Together with her colleague Gil, a doctorwith progressive ideas and methods, she determines to uncover his story.
Subtle but stunning novel in which a woman abandons her city life and marriage to return to the landscape of her childhood seeking solace in the quiet contemplation of human relationships and the nature of friendship, forgiveness and redemption.
Lucy Barton, newly settled in Maine,meets obstinate, 90 year-old Olive Kitteridge, now in a care home, and they form a tentative friendship trading stories of the ‘unrecorded lives’ of the people they know. Poignant, funny, full of sharp and wise observations, dramatic and emotional.
Set in 1950s Ireland, the latest literary thriller featuring Strafford and Quirke starts with the disappearance of a woman on a wild stretch of coast. Dark, gripping and seamlessly plotted.
In the vividly evoked icy winter of 1962-63 two neighbouring couples – each expecting their first child – begin to forge a tentative friendship. As violent blizzards leave them isolated their lives start to unravel. Compelling, intimate and empathetic.
Extremely entertaining state of the nation novel which combines a well-plotted murder mystery with making fun of literary fads and the state of British politics during Liz Truss’s ascendance.
Booker shortlisted debut novel which explores the Netherlands’ failure to reckon with the fate of Dutch Jews – told through the lives, secrets and complicities of two families. Eloquently written, full of passion with surprising and chilling twists.
A return to the fictional village of Faha in West Ireland where, in December 1962, the quiet lives of Dr Troy and his eldest daughter are disrupted by the arrival of a newborn stranger. Exquisite writing.