Brimstone

How it reads

Brimstone is thriller (international serial-killer thriller, specifically), and its dominant mood is dark. It goes to difficult places and doesn't look away. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.

It's set in an international setting, in the present day, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are art and creativity, justice and secrets. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.

It's a later book in a series — you'll usually want to start earlier. The ending resolves happily. At 740 pages it's a real commitment. It's well known, the kind of book most keen readers have heard of.