Stella Maria and the PassengerThe Passenger 1980, Mississippi. It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of his wet suit and plunges into the darkness of the ocean. His dive light illuminates a sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their seats, hair floating, eyes devoid of speculation. Missing from the crash site are the pilot's flight bag, the plane's black box and the tenth passenger . . . Now a collateral witness to this disappearance, Bobby is

expertly plotted page-turner' LOUISE CANDLISH

THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES concludes the story of Ayla

The only thing they lack is reliable child care

progressively darker and more sinister tale before Monday morning arrives and the weekday detectives swoop in to take the case for themselves

'An ambitious novel expertly executed

dangerous fury

mischievous rites of passage novel which will delight fans of offbeat fiction such as Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

In a converted Georgian townhouse in south west London

The devil is in the details

her brother-in-law

as he is ferried from this world into the next

The action strikes like lightning' Luis Urrea