“Transcription”, a bravura novel of extraordinary power, wit and empathy“ tells about a former MI5 agent who is troubled by her past. “The Labyrinth of the Spirits” by Carlos Ruiz Zafón  blends  suspense, history and literary magic in a story set during the Spanish Civil War. ”Times Convert” by Deborah Harkness is a romance that crosses time to bridge the American Revolution and the present. “When the Lights go Out” by Mary Kubica is a psychological thriller about a women who finds there is not paper trail to prove she exists.