The 39 Steps
★★★★★
The original spy-thriller; a mining engineer on vacation is caught up in an international conspiracy involving assassinations, disguises, shady backroom dealings and shifty Germans
Sea of Poppies
★★★★★
The first book of the Ibis trilogy, a delightful epic set in the 1830’s, telling the stories of several people whose lives intersect with the ocean-going vessel “Ibis”
Poor Things
★★★★☆
A retelling of the Frankenstein mythos, with the beautiful young Bella Baxter brought back to life with the brain of an infant
The Searcher
★★★★★
Cal, a retired police officer from the US, now settled in rural Ireland, is approached by a local kid for help looking for a missing brother.
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
★★★★☆
Pippa Fitz-Amobi starts investigating a murder as a high-school project, but the secrets she uncovers are ones that no one wants to face
The Andromeda Strain
★★★★☆
A group of scientists race against time in a special facility to contain an alien organism.
Chip War: The Fight for the Worlds Most Critical Technology
★★★★★
A well-researched and detailed account of the battle for control of what has emerged to be the most crucial resource in the world:- microchip technology
The Colour of Magic
★★★★★
The first in his incredible Discworld series, the story tells of the adventures of a tourist who comes to Ankh-Morpork to “see the world”.
The Enemy Revealed
★☆☆☆☆
The nature of the enemy facing Commander Jack Romanov and his crew is finally... revealed
Lessons in Chemistry
★☆☆☆☆
Elizabeth Zott is a serious, no-nonsense chemist and a single mother. But she finds herself hosting a cooking show on daytime television, a show where she galvanizes the oft-downtrodden American housewives into self-respect.
The Man Who Died Twice
★★★★★
The four pensioners at Cooper’s Chase are at it again, solving a case involving a ghost from Elizabeth’s past and £20 million in diamonds.
Where The Crawdads Sing
★★★★★
Marsh girl Kya Clark has been left to fend for herself in a rundown shack outside Barkley Cove. Most of the village treats her as an outcast and pariah, while she grows up all alone into a young woman, and a sensitive, artistic naturalist. When rich kid Chase Andrews is found dead in the marsh, the locals immediately suspect Kya.
Alpha Strike
★☆☆☆☆
Commodore Jack Romanov must get nuclear warheads for the Last Hunter, but they are all stored in New Copenhagen, now controlled by the locusts. Only way to get them is to launch an Alpha strike...