North Korea Undercover: Inside the World's Most Secret StateA unique and timely account of life in North Korea. North Korea is like no other tyranny on earth. It is Orwell's 1984 made reality. The regime controls the flow of information to its citizens, pouring relentless propaganda through omnipresent loud speakers. Free speech is an illusion: one word out of line and the gulag awaits. State spies are everywhere, ready to punish disloyalty and the slightest sign of discontent. You must bow to Kim Il Sung, the

Sheltered in the garden and the house

Short of buying separate houses

the rolling high seas

and the invitations go out - six people

Narrated by the cunningly observant crew member Ishmael

In recent decades

With her minute attention to the power dynamics in everyday speech

* Extracts from her bestselling novel Heartburn

A case that's complicated - a family of four murdered in their own home by a killer who then ate ice cream

" --Emily Henry

ingenious thriller

This drinking man's companion can be enjoyed by the warmth of a raging fire