KATE ATKINSON: SHRINES OF GAIETY

Jazz era London comes alive in Kate Atkinson’s Shrines of Gaiety which finds newly released from prison nightclub owner Nellie struggle to stay one step ahead of the plod while trying to ensure her children move up in the world. As her story intermingles with others, including a lovelorn police officer and a runaway teen, tensions become strained. Nellie is based on the real life nightclub owner Kate Meyrick.

(Penguin Random House, s14.99, September 27)