Just finished reading Ian McEwan's Sweet Tooth, written in 2012, which features Serena, a bishop's daughter who loves reading but is channeled by her teachers into studying maths at Cambridge. There she begins a number of affairs and becomes aware of the world of espionage. She enters the Civil Service as a secretary, hoping this will lead to more exciting opportunities and is recruited into a team within the service cultivating subversive writers. That's how she meets Tom Haley. One of the things that inspires me most about this book is accounts of stories that Serena reads in her mission, creating stories within the story.
I haven't started Disclaimer, by Renee Knight, yet but the 'sticker' on the cover claims that it is 'An addictive novel with shades of Gone Girl' and the blurb on the back is by Val McDermid. The premise is 'Imagine if the next thriller you opened was all about you.' Looking forward to reading this!
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