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.)
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 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