Deep cuts

Zoe West shares her favourite picks for the week

THE BEST NEW READS

I don’t remember how I got into reading. Neither of my parents were big readers, and we didn’t have bookshelves at home – but I loved visiting the library. I could spend hours there, completely lost i

by Cathy Bramley (£16.99, HB, Orion) When single mother Magnolia Jones loses her beautiful 23-year-old daughter Brontë in a tragic accident, her only hope of healing lies in an unexpected adventure. A

by Carol Kirkwood (£16.99, HB, HarperCollins) On the scorching isle of Majorca, everyone is hiding something. Designer Camille Fontaine arrives there with a broken heart, fleeing from the ruins of a l

Our books editor Zoe West gives us her favourite picks for the month, plus Cathy Bramley shares her writing secrets