Lean Fall Stand

John Mcgregor, Fourth Estate, £14.99

This hotly awaited offering from Reservoir 13 awardwinning author Mcgregor is told in three parts.

It opens in an Antarctic storm with three men on an expedition led by Robert “Doc” Wright that has gone horribly wrong, while parts two and three explore the consequences of what happened on the ice.

Robert’s wife Anna is summoned to Chile where Robert is in hospital. He knows what happened but has had a stroke and cannot communicate…