Berlin Game by Len Deighton

GENERAL FICTION | NON-FICTION | CHILDREN’S BOOKS

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Berlin Game by Len Deighton

Gripping Cold War espionage

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Childhood, Youth, Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen

A heartbreaking, gripping memoir.

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Wormwood Mire by Judith Rossell

An outstanding middle grade adventure with a gothic, ghostly, old-fashioned flavour.

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The Girl Who Raced the World by Nat Harrison

A big-hearted retelling of Verne’s classic adventure

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The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante

A beach holiday provokes dark memories

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The Queen of Thieves by Johan Rundberg

Mika pits her wits against a master thief

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The Vet’s Daughter by Barbara Comyns

Trapped in a domestic nightmare, seventeen-year-old Alice develops an extraordinary power.

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The Night Raven by Johan Rundberg

A sharp-eyed orphan teams up with a gruff detective.

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Cold-Blooded Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce

High stakes for detective Myrtle in this middle-grade mystery

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Silverfin by Charlie Higson

Terrific middle-grade thriller introducing thirteen-year-old James Bond

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The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen

Rural life on a weather-beaten island

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Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen

Loved it! Recommended!

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Withering-by-Sea by Judith Rossell

Loved this!

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A Touch of Mistletoe by Barbara Comyns

Haunting, sad, and darkly funny: an utter joy to read

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Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Inside the consciouness of a robot

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The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante

A raw, magnetic portrait of reason unspooling

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The Vanishing Trick by Jenni Spangler

Fantastic villain!

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The Kites by Romain Gary

A sombre, beautiful portrayal of human nature

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As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee

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Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata