Dive into a twisty-turny thriller

Our books editor Zoe West’s favourite picks for the month

Shadows Ulrik Skotte The Umbrella Murder The ...

L If they’re ever looking to recruit spies, forget handsome, fit, blue-eyed Bonds. Forget gym-buffed Daniel, impossibly good-looking Tom and danger magnet Matt. Look instead for a middle-aged woman in

by Lucy Jane Wood (£20, HB, Pan Macmillan) Annie Wildwood works tirelessly to be the perfect witch. As well as running the Celestial Bakehouse, she goes above and beyond to please everyone around her,

Set on a luxury superyacht, one-off thriller The Woman in Cabin 10 stars Keira Knightley as journalist Lo Blacklock, who witnesses a passenger being thrown overboard during the night. When she tries t

by Patricia Cornwell (£22, HB, Little, Brown Book Club) The Phantom Slasher is wreaking havoc in Northern Virginia. The killer’s signature is to invade his victims’ homes and watch their every move us