Pile by the Bed reviews Lapse by Sarah Thornton, an enjoyable debut that adds to the growing catalogue of Australian rural crime fiction.

Pile by the Bed reviews See you at the Toxteth - a retrospective collection of the works by the Godfather of Australian crime fiction - Peter Corris

Pile by the Bed reviews Shadows of the Short Days by Alexander Dan Vilhjalmsson - grimdark, urban fantasy based in Icelandic mythology.

Pile by the Bed reviews The Ottoman Secret by Raymond Khoury an alternate history thriller that asks what if the Ottoman Empire sucessfully conquered Europe in the 17th Century.

Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends Jade War by Fonda Lee, second book in the Green Bone trilogy.

Pile by the Bed reviews This is Gomorrah a fictional thriller about the dark web by tech philosopher Tom Chatfield

Pile by the Bed reviews Linda Grant's eighth novel - A Stranger City - exploring the consequences of Brexit-era nationalism on the rich multicultural traditions of London.

Pile by the Bed reviews Velocity Weapon by Megan E O'Keefe, the start of an enjoyable, page-turning space opera series.

Pile by the Bed reviews The Dangerous Crime a page-turning and thematically rich crime thriller by Deborah O'Connor

Pile by the Bed reviews Rogue by AJ Betts, the conclusion to the tale started in last year's dystopian YA novel Hive.

Pile by the Bed reviews Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff using pulp horror and science fiction tropes to explore racism in America in the 1950s.

Pile by the Bed reviews Hexarchate Stories by Yoon Ha Lee - short stories and extras expanding on his Machineries of Empire universe.

Pile by the Bed reviews the novel version of Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke - a "stunning work of fantasy".

Pile by the Bed reviews Fortune by Lenny Bartulin - "an original, vibrant and entertaining historical novel"

Pile by the Bed reviews Shoot Through by JM Green the third, and possibly last, book in her series featuring accidental detective Stella Hardy

Pile by the Bed reviews The October Man by Ben Aaronovitch a stand alone novella set in his Rivers of London universe

Pile by the Bed reviews Crossings by Alex Landragin, a body hopping romp across the centuries.

Pile by the Bed reviews Jess Kidd's third novel Things in Jars - a Victorian crime thriller with a supernatural edge.

Pile by the Bed reviews Perihelion Summer, a climate-driven disaster novella by Australian science fiction author Greg Egan.

Pile by the Bed reviews The Electric Hotel by Dominic Smith, engaging historical fiction that deals with the birth of the movies.