Catherine Alliot
Olivia's Luck

When Olivia's husband Johnny announces 'don't care what colour you paint the hall, I'm leaving', Olivia is understandably devastated. Left with an eccentric troop of builders camping in her back garden, a ten-year-old daughter with 'attitude' and a neurotic neighbour intent on foisting cast-off men in her direction, Olivia's dream home is suddenly less than dreamy.

Charlotte Bingham
The Season

Portia and Emily meet to launch their daughters on an unsuspecting Society for the London Season of 1913.Both are determined that their offspring, Phyllis and Edith, will catch the eye of of their May's son, a future Duke.Meanwhile, their arch-enemy Daisy Lanford, fallen on hard times due extravagance and too many lovers, is busy launching American heiresses. As always, the Season is fraught with dangers for both the young and the middle-aged, while the old observe, knowing it has all gone on before.

Michael Connelly
Angels Flight

When the body of a high-profile black lawyer, Howard Elias, is found inside one of the cars on Angels Flight, a funicular in downtown LA, there's not a detective in the city who wants to touch the case. For Elias specialises in lawsuits alleging police brutality, racism and corruption and every LAPD cop is put in charge. Elias's murder occurred on the eve of a major trial: on behalf of a black client, Michael Harris, Elias was to bring a civil case against the LAPD...