Set in Sweden's far north in 1852, where a milkmaid is the first to go missing in the forest. It's presumed that a bear is the nocturnal bumper, but the preacher Laestadius deduces different... read more
Dynamic historical thriller set in Japan-occupied China, by the author of 'Decoded', another masterpiece by that Chinese literary sensation and former intelligence officer.
A scrapbook becomes a twisty Ariadne's thread, leading its compiler into a world of art, vast wealth and murder. Sharp, with more than a touch of black humour.
Two translators - a Russian girl and an Englishman - train for the Moscow marathon together so that they can talk - and then save the world, or at least some of it.