REISSUES

ur pick of the paperbacks this month begins with  out now, Hodder). Jasper Fforde’s latest is set on an alternate Earth where 99% of (, 30 July, Piatkus) sees her heroine embarking on a road trip with two Russian wizards, in search for a man whose blood they believe can save their tsar’s life. We said: “While lacks the easy charm of Harris’s other creations, it’s still easy to become beguiled with her fractured America.” Finally, Adam Roberts’s (, 8 August, Gollancz), sees PI Alma investigate whether one of the world’s four richest people is dead, while also being dogged by a “fan” who’s obsessed with Stanley Kubrick. We said: “A witty, bittersweet and near-perfectly executed novel, possibly Roberts’s best to date.”