All The Broken Places

John Boyne, Doubleday, £20

Gretel Fernsby is living out her days in a comfortable apartment block in London, when she encounters Henry, a child in trouble.

To intervene will risk uncovering and facing her darkest, most traumatic secrets. And it will have repercussions.

An exploration of whether anyone can be held accountable for the deeds of people they love, this novel demonstrates that nothing is as black and white as it may seem.