Get into the good books

Nina Pottell picks her favourite page-turners for April

THE TRICK TO TIME by Kit de Waal (Viking, £12.99)

Young Irish girl Mona meets William in Birmingham, 1972. Love and marriage follows until tragedy befalls them. In the present, dollmaker Mona lives and works in London. The story between then and now is unravelled in this poignant read. Out 29 March THE IMMORTALISTS by Chloe Benjamin

(Tinder Press, £16.99) In New York, 1969, four child siblings visit a fortune teller. She tells each of them the date of their death, and then we follow each of their lives. Do the paths they choose reflect what they know? A wonderful story of family and life. Out 8 March LOVE AFTER LOVE by Alex Hourston

(Faber & Faber, £12.99) Nancy handles her career as a therapist with her role as mother, wife, sister and daughter with great precision. Then she starts an affair with Adam. Now everything is different. This will, perhaps, make you question where true happiness lies. Out 1 March THE TWO HOUSES by Fran Cooper

(Hodder & Stoughton, £14.99) After Jay suffers a breakdown, she and husband Simon decide a change is needed. They head to a remote village in the north of England and buy ‘Two Houses’, an old property that’s missing a part. Secrets are then uncovered. Out 22 March ALMOST LOVE by Louise O’neill (Quercus, £14.99) Sarah has fallen for Matthew. She sits and waits for him to text. She changes plans at the last minute so she can meet him. Love or destruction? This will hit a nerve for anyone who has been in ‘that’ kind of relationship. A perfect book-club read to discuss. Out 1 March

LET ME LIE by Clare Mackintosh (Sphere, £12.99)

Anna’s parents are dead. The police say it was suicide. She thinks it was murder. Coping with a new relationship and baby, Anna wants to find out the truth. Ex-detective Murray helps her when she receives threatening post. Buckle up for a rollercoaster read. Out 8 March