Jeffrey Archers ‘A Prisoner Of Birth’ pays homage to Alexander Dumas classic adventure tale ‘The Count Of Monte Cristo’ and it is safe to say Dumas fans will not be disappointed! ‘A Prisoner Of Birth’ tells the story of four friends from Cambridge University (who refer to themsleves as the ‘three musketeers’) and their plan to frame their friend Danny Cartwright for the murder of Dannys brother in law to be Bernie Wilson. Danny ends up facing a twenty-two year long life sentence in a maximum security prison, ‘Belmarsh’, but ends up being lucky enough to share his cell with Sir Nicholas Moncrieff, who teaches him to read and write. Danny manages to escape by impersonating him and begins his plot to exact revenge on the people who wronged him. Read more

Devil may care is the latest in the cool, action fueled James Bond series, but this time it has been written by Sebastien Faulks rather than Ian Flemming. And Faulks has certainly captured Flemming’s unique style of writing in this exhilarating book. Read more