BESTSELLING AUTHOR GARETH RUBIN ON HIS WRITING INSPIRATIONS

Oh, the joy of curling up on a winter’s afternoon to immerse oneself in a compelling crime novel or TV drama featuring victims and sleuths. The story will be set in a picturesque, seemingly safe place

by Ross Montgomery(£16.99, HB, Penguin) Cornwall, 1910. Convinced that Halley’s comet will bring about the apocalypse, the pompous Viscount of Tithe Hall seals his home off from the outside world – on

‘ Knives Out meets Thursday Murder Club ’

These Spectred Isles

Here are our recommendations – and yours – of what to enjoy reading this fortnight