![Dark Corners by Ruth Rendell](https://www.readersdigest.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dark-corners-ruth-rendell.jpg)
Dark Corners by Ruth Rendell
Before her death earlier this year at the age of 85, British baroness Ruth Rendell was the ruling grande dame of crime fiction, having earned a wide following for her police procedurals and psychological thrillers. Dark Corners, her posthumous novel, examines the twisted relationship that develops between a man mired in guilt and the tenant who blackmails him. Like the rest of the Rendell canon, it’s captivating and sinister.
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The Hunt for Vulcan by Thomas Levenson
Thomas Levenson brings his knack for sharp narrative to The Hunt for Vulcan: an account of our solar system’s “missing” planet-and the scientists who helped solve the puzzle.
![John Le Carré: The Biography by Adam Sisman](https://www.readersdigest.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/adam-sisman-john-le-carre-biography.jpg)
John Le Carré: The Biography by Adam Sisman
The pre-eminent spy novelist and author known as John le Carré is as elusive as his secret-agent characters. Sisman, an acclaimed biographer (An Honourable Englishman), shines a light on the man behind the nom de plume in John Le Carré: The Biography.
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After Alice by Gregory Maguire
In 1995, Maguire reimagined Oz with his hit book Wicked. He pays a similar visit to Wonderland in After Alice, tracking Alice’s pal Ada as she follows her friend down the rabbit hole.