Think ive mentioned this before but Ordinary Thunderstorms was fantastic. (William Boyd) I will admit that at first I found his fancy UK english off putting and distracting, but I came to love the style (treble for triple, kerb for curb, etc)

and the story is absolutely bulletproof. Just thrilling. Book of the year, baby.

it is about a Climatologist who stumbles into a really messed up situation...