Billy Shakeshaft @MicroLit

#MarbleHallMurders by #AnthonyHorowitz – Susan is back in London and has been commissioned to edit a new Pund novel, by Eliot Crace, whose grandmother was a successful children’s author. He believes she was murdered. He gives Susan part of an early draft. She likes it, but …

Haven by Emma Donoghue – priest Artt arrives at a monastery. He wants to create a new community and asks if two monks can go with him, young Trian and the older Cormac. The three men set off down the river in a boat and arrive at the uninhabited island of Great Skellig.

A Neighbour’s Guide to Murder by #LouiseCandlish – Gwen becomes friends with young Pixie. She is renting a room from Gwen’s neighbour Alec. Gwen begins to suspect that Alec might be abusing his young tenant, so she intervenes. Matters begin to spiral out of hand.

The Land in Winter by #AndrewMiller – winter 1962: GP Eric and his wife Irene have just moved to a village, as have novice farmer Bill and his wife Rita. Irene and Rita are both pregnant, and become friends. Eric is having an affair with a businessman’s wife.

#Maigret and the Ghost (Maigret et le Fantome) by #GeorgesSimenon – a colleague is shot outside a young woman’s apartment. She has disappeared. Were they having an affair? A witness heard him say “Ghost”. Maigret’s investigation makes several surprising revelations.

A Man’s Head (La Tete d’Un Homme) by #GeorgeSimenon – #Maigret arranges for a prisoner on death row to escape. He doesn’t think the man is guilty of the murder of a wealthy American woman and her companion. He needs to find out who killed them. The main suspect is her nephew.

#Atmosphere by #TaylorJenkinsReid – the Universe always fascinated Joan. When NASA opens up their astronaut training program to women, she applies and is accepted. She loves her niece but has a difficult relationship with her sister. Joan’s life becomes more complex.

#TheNames by #FlorenceKnapp – new mum Cora has to register her baby’s name. Her young daughter suggests Bear, Cora prefers Julian, but her husband, a GP who abuses her, wants him called Gordon, the same as him and his father. How would Bear, Julian, and Gordon’s life turn out?

#Magpie by #ElizabethDay – Marisa meets Jake and soon they are setting up house together. She gets pregnant, which affects her work as an artist. Money troubles mean they have to take in a lodger, Kate, who seems perfect. Marisa worries that Jake and Kate are having an affair.

#TheWayofAllFlesh by #AmbroseParry – Edinburgh, 1847: Will Raven goes to see a prostitute, Evie, but she’s dead. He is beaten up by men to whom he owes money. Raven goes to the house of the eminent Dr Simpson with whom he will be training. The bodies of more women are found.

#GoodMaterial by #DollyAlderton – stand up comedian Andy is stunned when his girlfriend Jen leaves him. He tries to find out what she’s doing, if she is seeing someone else. He starts dating, online and in real life. But still he needs to know why Jen dumped him.

When I Come Home Again by #CarolineScott – 1918: a soldier is arrested after an incident. He has amnesia and is given the name Adam. He is sent to a convalescence home under the care of James. A newspaper article is written about him. Three women claim to know him.

#TheSeventhSon by #SebastianFaulks – American academic Talissa needs money so she can join an internship programme. Alaric and Mary want a child. Talissa applies to become a paid surrogate and undergoes IVF. Alaric and Mary become aware that their child, Seth, is different.

#1979 by #ValMcDermid – Glasgow: 1979. Allie Burns is one of the few female journalists at the Clarion. Danny Sullivan asks for her help with an article on tax fraud. She then uncovers a plot to bomb prominent targets and asks for Danny’s help.

The Proof of My Innocence By #JonathanCoe – blogger Christopher stays with his friend Joanna on the way to a conference. They were students at Cambridge. Joanna’s daughter becomes friends with Chris’s adopted daughter. He goes to the conference but is murdered. Who? Why?

#Frankie by #GrahamNorton – Frankie is orphaned and goes to live with her aunt and minister uncle. She has a talent for cookery. She is married off to a widowed minister but they are not happy together. Then she discovers his secret. The one constant is her friend Norah.

The Bullet that Missed by #RichardOsman – the Club meet a TV presenter who mentions a colleague who died a decade ago; her car plunged off a cliff. She was working on a story. Elizabeth and Stephen are kidnapped. “The Viking” wants her to kill a Russian spy, or else…

The Man I Think I Know by #MikeGayle – they met at boarding school. Danny won a scholarship then went to Cambridge but ended up on the dole. James’s family had money; he started a business, became an MP then suffered a terrible injury. They help turn each other’s lives around.

Girl, Woman, Other by #BernardineEvaristo – the brief life stories of 12 women; mothers, daughters, young, old, a playwright, a banker, a teacher, a farmer’s wife, friends, rivals. Ending in the debut of a play about ancient women soldiers in Dahomey (Benin). Then …

"Words, words. They're all we have to go on." Sir #TomStoppard is dead, RIP.