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The Conversations
Olivia Fane
Review by Kate Mason

Olivia Fane’s latest book is a part autobiographical, part philosophical work. The concept is that each of her 66 short essays provides a starting point for better conversation.

Lifetime
Liza Marklund
Review by Jackie King

Stockholm reporter Annika Bengtzon has been in several books already and here returns with a gruesome murder and terrible arson attack.

Just What Kind of Mother Are You?
Paula Daly
Review by Lisa Redmond

Paula Daly's debut novel is the story of a harassed mum of three called Lisa.

House of Secrets
Ned Vizzini and Chris Columbus
Review by Andy Murray

There is a huge amount of anticipation for this book – not least because it's the fiction debut of a writer with impressive form.

Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
David Sedaris
Review by Stacey Bartlett

Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls is David Sedaris’ new collection of hilarious personal essays that combine fact with fiction and the totally bizarre with the totally mundane in true rib-t

The Hope Factory
Lavanya Sankaram
Review by Michael O'Flaherty

Best known for her short story collection The Red Carpet, The Hope Factory is Lavanya Sankaram’s debut novel.

The Faithful Executioner
Joel F. Harrington
Review by Ben Peel

Meister Frantz Schmidt was Nuremberg’s principal torturer and executioner for 40 years, during the second half of the 16th century and into the 17th.

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