Review: A Guest at the Shooters' Banquet

Managing the revelation of a shocking family secret

Vivid, violent comedy of terrors

Distinctive comedy writer is on dark, top form

Review: Rise and Shine:

Review: Les Parisiennes

Female faces of wartime Paris

Review: The Gustav Sonata

Tremain slices Swiss role

Review: Shtum

Love in the face of silence

Review: At the Edge of the Orchard

Review: Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?

Keeping death in view

Review: Heroic Measures

Domestic drama eclipses terror trauma

Review: Fierce Attachments

Memories of mother of all acrimonious arguments

Review: The Lodger

Can feminist Dorothy at long last lose her Virginia?

Review: Loose Connections

Publishers’ good old days

Review: Ismael and his Sisters

Vivid and violent picture of vulnerability

Review: Five Selves

A handful of perceptive interior studies

Review: John the Pupil

Review: Lucky Us

A scintillating story of sisterly sadness