4+ Stars

My Best Friend’s Murder by Polly Phillips, Review: Suspenseful

488 Rules for Life by Kitty Flanagan, Review: Sage humour

White Throat by Sarah Thornton, Review: Relentless intensity

Doom Creek by Alan Carter, Review: Crime fiction with guts

Death Leaves the Station, Review: Thorpe’s vintage mystery

Rural Dreams by Margaret Hickey, Review: Poignancy

The Two Lost Mountains by Matthew Reilly, Review: Audacious

The Burning Island by Jock Serong, Review: Engrossing prose

S.L. Lim on Revenge: Murder in Three Parts, plus Book Review

The Doctor of Aleppo by Dan Mayland, Review: Confronting thriller

The Last Lions of Africa by Anthony Ham, Review: Majestic peril

A Theatre for Dreamers, Review: Haunting mercurial artistry

MI5 and Me by Charlotte Bingham, Review: Sly comic memoir

To The Lions: Holly Watt takes no prisoners in Dagger winner