Five Minute Fiction

Here's fun! This week's book is a fast-paced plot-driven thriller which you'll race through in no time at all, mouth hanging open, tongue out, your brain on electrified  tenterhooks. Be careful not to let a bit of dribble come out, especially if you're on a crowded commuter train, as people may judge you and no-one likes the thought of doing a day's work in clothes damp with saliva, even if it is your own. Trains eh? Commuting? It's less fun now that everyone has Kindles and you can't see what they're all reading. I imagine most are getting in a quick twenty pages of Grey before the day truly begins, but you never know - see that rodenty-looking guy in the corner in the nasty suit? I'll bet you a tenner he's reading something horrible about drills or knives...