Great reading: March

Fanny Blake's recommended book choice for you to enjoy

We love
Out of Breath by Julie Myerson (Cape, £12.99)
Flynn and her brother Sam run away from home to join a band of lost children: Diana and her newborn baby, six-year-old Mouse, and leader Alex. They find safety, but for how long? A sinister, beguiling tale that brilliantly evokes a childhood world.

Historical chiller
Company of Liars by Karen Maitland (Michael Joseph, £16.99)
As the Plague sweeps through 14th-century England, a deformed storyteller gathers travellers to journey north. But greater danger looms when one is found hanged. Atmospheric and original, a novel of suspense and terror.

Romantic adventure
The Last Concubine by Leslie Downer (Bantam Press, £12.99)
Japan 1861. Taken from her village, Sachi is chosen to be concubine to the young shogun. When war erupts, she flees, only to find she is not who she thought. Enthralling story that brings alive a distant exotic world.

Suspense fiction
Unforgotten by Clare Francis (Macmillan, £16.99)
An anonymous note causes a crisis of conscience for lawyer Hugh Gwynne. Given this new information, can he still act for his client? When his wife dies in a fire, he suspects arson but will he be able to prove it? Francis draws you in and keeps you guessing.

Celebrity memoir
Send Yourself Roses by Kathleen Turner and Gloria Feldt (Headline, £18.99)
Award-winning star of Body Heat, Romancing the Stone and Prizzi's Honor talks about her childhood challenges, her career and health battles, screen partnerships, marriage, motherhood and activism. Gutsy, funny and inspirational.

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