Christmas reads for everyone

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

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,

Zoe West shares her favourite picks for the week

The best new books you’ll love

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

by Lindsey Kelk (£9.99, PB, HarperCollins) Laura was planning a peaceful Christmas by herself, flat-sitting for a stranger. But life has other plans. Upon arrival, Laura discovers a random man, Callum