Books

The Sunshine Sisters – Jane Green, Macmillan – out now Growing up with an egocentric film star mother means the three Sunshine sisters are estranged from her – and each other.

But when mum Ronni realises she is dying she summons them all for a last-ditch attempt to repair the damaged relationships.

Emotion heavy yet highly entertaining, it’s a perfect summer page turner. Fierce Kingdom – Gin Phillips, Doubleday – out now A trip to the zoo turns into a battle for survival when, just as Joan and her four-year-old son prepare to go home, shots ring out.

With the only other humans the fellow hunted, also hiding from the gunmen, she has to call on all her resources to protect Lincoln.

Expect heart-in-the-mouth