Anitan Amirrezvani
The Blood of Flowers

In 17th century Persia, a 14-year-old woman finds herself alone with her mother, without a dowry. They journey to Isfahan, to work for her uncle, a rich rug designer in the court of the legendary Shah Abbas the Great. The young woman blossoms as a brilliant designer of carpets, a rarity in a craft dominated by men. But while her talent flourishes, her prospects for happiness grow dim....

Andrea Camilleri
Voice of the Violin

Montalbano's gruesome discovery of a naked young woman suffocated in her bed immediately sets him on a search for her killer: Among the suspects are her aging husband, a famous doctor; a shy admirer, now disappeared; an antiques-dealing lover from Bologna; and the victim's friend Anna, whose charms Montalbano cannot help but appreciate. But it is a mysterious, reclusive violinist who holds the key to this murder ... The fourth novel in Andrea Camilleri's savagely funny, brilliantly compelling Sicilian crime series.

In picturesque Tarnfield in the north of England, feuds and rivalries between the villagers typically lie dormant. But the arrival of a new local vicar shakes the community up, bringing together an unlikely alliance between Suzy Spencer, part-time television producer and full time mess, and Robert Clark, a conservative widower from the parish. But they are too late to save an unfortunate flower arranger.