Some books whisper their secrets; others tighten the air around you until every breath feels complicit. Angela Lester’s The Allegations does both. It begins with the shock of a child’s discovery — a scene so intimate and quietly harrowing it imprints itself on the reader’s mind — and then unfolds into a psychological labyrinth of memory, guilt and the elusive nature of truth. By the time you realise where Lester has taken you, you’ve long surrendered to her spell.

In Murder and Malice, Hugh Greene invites readers into a world where intellect, power and morality intersect — and quietly implode. It’s a sophisticated psychological thriller that unravels in a world of universities, research funding, and the uneasy marriage between knowledge and corruption. The tone is deliberate and elegant; the violence is intellectual as much as physical. Greene writes as if he’s dissecting the soul of modern ambition with the precision of a pathologist.

To Keep Us All Safe is much more than a dystopian narrative. It is a mirror held up to our fears, our sneakily extorted compromises, and our resilience. It asks us to look closely at the language of safety, to question who benefits from it, and to remember what is lost when freedoms are bartered away. It is a novel that lingers, whispering questions long after the final letter has been read.

Liberto Orrego is a Chilean primary school teacher and writer. By writing The Ongoing Melody Of My Family Saga, Orrego shows his deep passion for knowledge. His writing has led him to create stories that delve into the complexities of human nature and the essence of being human in our modern age.