Sprightly espionage treat: disgraced former MI6 operative is brought in to track Agent Dante, a mole in the highest echelons of her organisation with access to the PM.
The embodiment of mens sana in corpore sano rowed across the Channel, swam the Niagara basin twice and became an MP. He and his wife were intimate with the 'Souls'.
Abdurraqib's meditation on Black music and performance, A Little Devil in America, was inspired. This new book, a literary memoir about basketball and what it takes to be successful, what it... read more
Kurlansky is a serial obsessionist and always intriguing. Here he betakes himself to the river bank and the slippery struggle between fish and fisherman. (The fish tends to win.)
The latest adventure for James Marwood and Cat Lovett, in Taylor's hugely successful series set in the reign of Charles II. Murder by witchcraft, a fancy new hen house for the king's mistres... read more
A biography of the Swiss tennis divinity, champion of sweetie-coloured blazers, master of self-possession, likened by fellow tennis players to Michelangelo for his skill.
Born in 1916 to a noble St Petersburg family, he fled Russia with his parents and arrived in England with next to nothing. By the time he was 20 he had scored the winning try in England's fi... read more