FOREVER HOME

by Graham Norton (£20, Hodder & Stoughton, HB)

Whispers followed Carol and Declan from the start. Her, a divorced teacher, falling in love with a man like that? It was enough to stir up scandalous speculation in their small Irish town. After all, didn’t Declan’s first wife abandon him? Strange rumours circulate, but the adversity just brings them closer together. But when Declan grows ill, things take a dark turn. Carol is forced to leave the beautiful home they once shared and move back in with her parents. When her mother begins digging into Declan’s murky past, sinister secrets come to light… An unsettling read infused with Norton’s signature dark humour.