MI5 (and just about every other agency/department of government) works to foil a terrorist attempt in the UK by an "invisible", i.e. a British citizen. A page-turner with a likeable heroine.

Too many twists and coincidences - it just all got very unbelievable. If the ending is like that I need the reveal to have been foreshadowed somehow, but here I never thought: "oh, I see - I should have realized".

Entertaining, probably only if you're British (which I am).

Essays by many different writers and critics. Enjoyed them all (some more than others). Made me want to read all Austen's novels again.

" ... one finds that Jane Austen was clearly of the opinion that the good life was not compatible with noisy, undisciplined children let loose in small rooms."

Only managed the first essay - I know I'm in the minority, but I found it a bit humourless and negative.

An easy read for a Victorian novel, this had it all; illegitimacy, disinheritance, a con artist, daring disguises, assumed identity, sleep-walking, marriage for revenge and a happy ending.

Sofia has broken off her engagement, unwilling to live with her in-laws and a "hole in the wall". Now she is writing a book about Muslim dating and having to do some research. Funny, especially about Pakistani culture, but always respectful of Sofia's faith. The ending is perhaps a bit rushed.