The Echo by Minette Walters
A good thriller to read on holiday, by the author of The Ice House, The Scold’s Bridle, The Sculptress (as seen on TV).
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Enigma by Robert Harris
Whodunnit set in wartime Bletchley Park, where they broke the enigma code and built the first computer.
Continue reading →Making History by Stephen Fry
Entertaining sci-fi-with-a-difference novel, impressively researched, and written with wit and humour.
Continue reading →Travels in a Thin Country by Sara Wheeler
An account of her travels in Chile. Written before her Antarctica travels, but equally rewarding. Fine travel writing, focusing as much on the people as the country itself, observed and reported with wit and sensitivity.
Continue reading →The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan
A short novel – Venice will never quite seem the same!
Continue reading →Modesty Play by Barry Unsworth
Whodunnit in an unusual format, set in the middle ages and centred around a group of travelling players.
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