1 THE GROUP Mary McCarthy
Eight New York girls from the class of ‘33 discover contraception, kids, abortion, loneliness and lesbianism.
2 COOPER’S CREEK Alan Moorehead
Bearded Victorian explorers gad about
(and, unfortunately, die) in the
Australian Outback.
3 THE ROCKS REMAIN Gavin Maxwell
More otters, Scots and — presumably — rocks in the sequel to Ring of Bright Water.
4 THY TEARS MIGHT CEASE Michael Farrell
Turn-of-the-century Irish turmoil in this posthumously published novel.
5 FALSE COLOURS Georgette Heyer
Starring “entrancing but incorrigibly extravagant” mothers, “rigid” uncles and disappearing twins.
6 THE CLOCKS Agatha Christie
Poirot gets his timepieces in a twist in his 34th murder case.