NPR recommends Adam Brookes The Night Heron as one of their “Best Books of 2014” At last, an espionage thriller set in China that works. With Night Heron, former BBC China correspondent Adam Brookes has produced a masterful debut novel. It has all the hallmarks of a great page-turner, but with a richness of detail that feels authentic. There are a prisoner escape, an unwitting conduit between the prisoner and the British Secret...

Looking for a stress-free way of picking out some books for the readers you love?  NPR’s Best Books of 2014 is a list not to be missed–a book for every reader with smart reviews from correspondents and others we don’t always get to hear on air who are part of the NPR staff….http://apps.npr.org/best-books-2014/   Congratulations to three of our clients whose books are part of this year’s mix:  Roz Chast, Walter...