The Keeper by Tana French (Viking, £16.99)The final book in French’s Cal Hooper trilogy sees the retired Chicago detective drawn into a power struggle for the future of the small Irish town... Read more »
Loss Protocol by Paul McAuley (Gollancz, £22)In a Britain racked by the effects of climate change, about 50 years from now, Marc Winters’ quiet life as a ranger on a nature reserve... Read more »
Goyle, Chert, Mire by Jean Sprackland (Jonathan Cape, £13)The 45 unrhymed sonnets in Sprackland’s sixth collection coalesce into three spellbinding interwoven sequences. Set in the Blackdown Hills, a remote stretch between Somerset... Read more »
The Bear and the Seed by Poonam Mistry, Templar, £12.99When Bear’s glorious forest disappears, he finds hope in a tiny seed – but he needs help from other animals to tend it... Read more »
Killing Me Softly by Christie Watson (Phoenix, £20)In her second psychological thriller, Watson, a former nurse, perfectly captures the frenetic atmosphere and mordant humour of an under-resourced A&E department in a city... Read more »
The annual London book fair wrapped on Thursday, marking the end of three days that saw 33,000 people connected to the book industry – agents, publishers, authors, among others – gather at... Read more »
The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan (Head of Zeus, £20) Better known as a film-maker, Jordan has never stopped writing novels. His latest opens in 2084 in rural Ireland, where... Read more »
The Wonder by Tom Percival, Simon & Schuster, £12.99Daniel’s wet grey day seems like it will never get better – until he hears music and everything changes. A subtly beautiful picture book... Read more »
The Barbecue at No 9 by Jennie Godfrey (Hutchinson Heinemann, £16.99)Most of the action in Godfrey’s second novel takes place during the Live Aid concert on 13 July 1985, at a barbecue hosted by the Gordon... Read more »