Secret services, cabals and conspiracies — our pick of the latest thrillers
Tales from the Ottoman Empire and 1930s Moscow, to the latest in the Slow Horses series
Tales from the Ottoman Empire and 1930s Moscow, to the latest in the Slow Horses series

Including Saïd Khatibi’s vivid Arab noir, Elizabeth Heider’s tale of secrets and lies in Naples and a first outing for Maya…

From a posthumous Frederick Forsyth to a new Peter Hain, these page-turners take us from wartime London to modern Israel

What novels about buying stuff reveal about us

Testing claims matters more than ever in an age of misinformation, overconfident assertions and unsubstantiated opinions

Imposter accounts, lax moderation, extremism and synthetic content could destroy trust in everything we read online

From a capricious White House to chilling parallels with a previous global conflict, three books analyse this moment of churn and…