Here’s a look at what book we’re reading this week.
Updated: November 27, 2014, 12:00 AM
Our top six books this week: Lord Lucan’s disappearance and much more
Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke. The story opens in 1934 West Texas and moves to wartime France. We follow the life of Weldon Avery Holland, soldier and oil man, through war and turmoil as he encounters levels of greed and cruelty amid the super-rich of the US that he thought he’d left behind in Europe. (Orion, November 6)
The Man From Berlin by Luke McCallin. In war-torn Yugoslavia, a German officer and beautiful socialite are brutally murdered. Assigned to the case is Captain Gregor Reinhardt, a man already haunted by his own wartime actions. He soon finds the case may be significantly more than murder. (No Exit Press, November 27)
Emma by Alexander McCall. Reinvention of the Jane Austen classic by the bestselling author. Emma returns from college and finds herself a big fish in a very small pond. Only one person can mess with her confidence – neighbour George Knightley. Has Emma met her match? (Smith HarperCollins, November 6)
Watch Me by Anjelica Huston. Her coming of age memoir was critically acclaimed and now she turns to the Hollywood years. Here we learn of her rocky relationship with Jack Nicholson, her collaborations with great directors and her Oscar-winning role in Prizzi’s Honour. (Simon & Schuster, November 20)
George Frideric Handel: A Life With Friends by Ellen T Harris. He is known to most of us as the composer of Messiah, but the man himself is a bit of a mystery. Using diaries, letters and other archives, this is a tapestry of London life with descriptions of his music and stories of betrayal, cunning and loyalty. (Norton, November 11)