Marina Lewycka
We Are All Made of Glue

Georgie Sinclair's husband has walked out; her son is busy surfing born-again websites; and her work is getting her down. So when she spots Mrs Shapiro, an eccentric old Jewish emigre neighbour rummaging through her skip in the middle of the night, it's just the distraction she needs. When Mrs Shapiro is admitted to hospital, she names Georgie as her next-of-kin - and Georgie finds herself unravelling a mystery which takes her from Highbury to wartime Europe to the Middle East, and learning a bit about DIY along the way.

John Le Carré
A Most Wanted Man

A half-starved young man in a long black overcoat is smuggled into Hamburg at dead of night. He is a devout Muslim. Or is he? Annabel, an idealistic young German civil rights lawyer, determines to save him from deportation. In pursuit of the man's mysterious past, she confronts Tommy Brue - and a triangle of impossible love is born. Meanwhile, the spies of three nations converge upon the innocents.

"A wry, warm, compassionate and ultimately deeply cynical and disillusioned story of the state of human relationships and power politics in the first decade of the 21st century' - The Times

Spring, 1797. The war with France deepens, the Channel Fleet has mutinied ... and a ruthless traitor lurks within fashionable London society. Such matters should not concern young Mary Finch, who has recently inherited an unexpected fortune. But her new status brings her little pleasure, and she longs for freedom and adventure. Mary's restless spirit leads her to a meeting with an elusive spymaster, who offers her an intriguing proposal. With England's security and a friend's safety at risk, Mary arrives at the exotic Champian Hall, determined to uncover its dark secrets. But the knowledge that she seeks is deadly, especially when the hunter becomes the hunted.