Foreign Bodies - Cynthia Ozick
The collapse of her brief marriage has stalled Bea Nightingale's life. Leaving her impoverished borough in 1950s New York, Bea escapes from the stigma of her divorce when she answers a plea from her estranged brother.
Now she has left for Paris, to retrieve a nephew she barely knew.
Your Neighbour's Wife - Tony Parsons
Tara Carver seems to have the perfect life. A loving mother and wife, and a business woman who runs her own company, she's the sort of person you'd want to live next door to, who might even become your best friend.
But what sort of person is she really? Because in one night of madness, on a work trip far from home, she puts all this at risk.
Bel Canto - Ann Patchett
Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honour of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxane Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerised the international guests with her singing.
It is a perfect evening - until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage.
Eight Detectives - Alex Pavesi
All murder mysteries follow a simple set of rules. Grant McAllister, an author of crime fiction and professor of maths, once sat down and worked them all out. But that was 30 years ago. Now he's living a life of seclusion on a Mediterranean island - until Julia Hart, a sharp, ambitious editor, knocks on his door.
If Julia wants answers, she must triumph in a battle of wits with a dangerously clever adversary.