A Deadly Episode: A Novel by Anthony Horowitz, HarperCollins Publishers, 2026. 

Another in the delightful series of murder mysteries by Horowitz in line with his Magpie Murders and Marble Hall Murders which have been made into PBS series.

Angela Merkel: The Chancellor and Her World by Stefan Kornelius, Alma Books, Ltd, London House, 2013. This is an authorized biography of the German Chancellor. It offers back ground, how she thinks and approaches issues. Various chapters deal with the British, Putin, China, US and the European Union. A worthy intro into what I consider an major leader in our world.

Hiroshima by John Hersey, numerous editions, originally printed 1946 in The New Yorker. 

I read this on the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A worthwhile read or reread. The human story of six people who lived through the bombing and devastation..

Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague by Maggie O’Farrell, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2020; A beautifully written story of England in 1580. Poetic, seductive, insights in to grief, a parent’s knowledge and understanding of every detail of their children, childbirth, family relationships, marriage. Hamnet is an unforgettable re-imaging of a boy whose name will be given to one of the great plays of all time.

A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood.

A professor at a California university in the 1960s must deal with loneliness and a sense of disconnection after the death of his longtime partner.