Five excellent crime stories from the many I have read this year - I recommend them

Seven books I really enjoyed this year - all non-fiction

A detective and her new trainee investigate a death in Iceland

My favourite of the many novels I have read this year

Robert's life and death are explained by the evidence of those who knew him

My final Advent book is a love story

An actress recounts her life and loves

An allergist falls for her patient

Caroline is a spinster seeking to improve the morals of the nation but is surrounded by those who don't have quite the same aims

A young soldier must learn to manage her hidden powers to save her land