There was a story in this newspaper by The New York Times Anna Kodé recently about how interior decorators use fake books to dress up spaces and make their clients look erudite. This practice is mildly controversial, but nothing new.
On screen and on page, this month it’s all about suspense, with the release of Netflix’s ‘Fear Street’ and gripping new novels from the likes of Paula Hawkins (‘The Girl on the Train’).
Hollow by B Catling; The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix; Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy; A Master of Djinn by P Djèlí Clark; and Too Near the Dead by Helen Grant