The Pharmacist

★★★ RACHELLE ATALLA (HODDER & STOUGHTON, £14.99)

In a bunker in a post-apocalyptic world, survivors of a nuclear war are slowly losing hope. Governed by mysterious and increasingly paranoid leader ND, they are bored and disillusioned in their heavily regulated and medicated new life. Pharmacist Sarah has escaped scrutiny so far, but when ND starts demanding things in exchange for favours, she forms an unlikely alliance, which could spark change – or her downfall. Original, claustrophobic and gripping.