The Strawberry ThiefVianne Rocher has settled down. Lansquenet sous Tannes, the place that once rejected her, has finally become her home. With Rosette, her 'special' child, she runs her chocolate shop in the square, talks to her friends on the river, is part of the community. Even Reynaud, the priest, has become a friend. But when old Narcisse, the florist, dies, leaving a parcel of land to Rosette and a written confession to Reynaud, the life of the sleepy village is

the excitement of IBS and how to blossom post divorce

and political debate all get the Zadie Smith treatment

and of the collision between youthful idealism and jaded reality as the Sixties drew to a close

the National Crime Agency's Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw are faced with a case that makes no sense

There is Piya

Drawing on her work as a professor of cognitive neuroimaging

richly-resourced education

One day Lena manages to flee - but the nightmare continues

from a powerfully independent Countess who wouldn't take no for an answer

And what do they intend for John

and wracked by protests and poverty

more grace