The Lightning

All God's Creatures (An ingenious, fast-moving satire that captures the barking-mad spirit of our age) - Anthony Gardner

The Cinderella Plan (A legal thriller with a topical AI twist) - Abi Silver

Sea Defences (Two Mothers at War With the Elements and Each Other) - Hilary Taylor

Ocean (The new novel from the prize-winning author of Larchfield) - Polly Clark

In the Beginning - Simon Edge

All the Beautiful Liars - Sylvia Petter

A Right Royal Face-Off (A Georgian Entertainment featuring Thomas Gainsborough and Another Painter) - Simon Edge

Dead Writers in Rehab - Paul Bassett Davies

Tiny Pieces of Enid - Tim Ewins

The Tempus Project (A Brigitte Sharp thriller) - Antony Johnston

The Aladdin Trial (A Burton and Lamb thriller) - Abi Silver

Time of Lies (A Political Satire) - Douglas Board

BSS7 (The Battle Staff SMARTbook) - Norman M. Wade

Please Do Not Ask for Mercy as a Refusal Often Offends - Paul Bassett Davies

Every Tom, Dick & Harry (the 15th whip-smart romcom from the Thurber Prize-shortlisted author of Ms Demeanor) - Elinor Lipman

Staggering Hubris (The memoir of Boris Johnson's most classic spad) - Josh Berry

Marrow Jam - Susan A. King

The Cinderella Plan - Abi Silver

Meet Me in Cockleberry Bay - Nicola May

Anyone for Edmund? (A canonical comedy featuring a medieval patron saint, a tennis court and a Westminster spin-doctor) - Simon Edge