It’s been a good while since I posted – my website was hacked and has taken ages to sort out. So I’ve been building up a backlog of recommended reads. There’s plenty of variety in this first selection from a unbearably tense psychological thriller and a beautifully written epic Western to an homage to the world of Highsmith, an unusual and poignant examination of death and love and a stunning crime debut with a deaf central character.

The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne

Fever City by Tim Baker

The Brittle Star by Davina Langdale

The Crime Writer by Jill Dawson

Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic

Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane

The Girls by Emma Cline

Being Dead by Jim Crace

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman