In the ForestBased on a horrendous true crime, IN THE FOREST si the story of Mich O'Kane 'not all there in the head' it's said who shoots three people dead in the woods of Ireland. Edna O'Brien traces the events that lead to such horror. Mich O'Kane hears voices; he cannot stop mourning the death of his mother. Theft and other crimes lead him to a Christian Brothers borstal, then to a British prison. By the time he returns home, he is an institutionalised criminal

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Lizzie shines a light on a dark part of British history with grace

The victims have all been stabbed and the lack of disturbance in the house suggests that the attack was one of terrifying speed

This is the story of Bronwen Vaughan

There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible - and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality

it is a novel for our times

Lord Brocktree who is drawn to the fortress by a sense of destiny

Is he himself a killer

the pair are seduced by the desert's beauty

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Naomi Novik and Helene Wecker