Oxford Wine & Books for 20s & 30s

We’re back with a thriller/murder mystery for March, The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward. Many of you voted for this one!

Here’s the synopsis from Goodreads, in case it’ll pique your interest:

“This is the story of a serial killer. A stolen child. Revenge. Death. And an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street.

All these things are true. And yet they are all lies...

You think you know what's inside the last house on Needless Street. You think you've read this story before. That's where you're wrong.

In the dark forest at the end of Needless Street, lies something buried. But it's not what you think...”

In anticipation of the International Booker Prize, we’ll be reading Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, a literary fiction novel from last year’s shortlist.

It follows the life of an expat couple as they attempt to curate a picture perfect life but progressively descend into empty consumerism and profound ennui.

It’s one of the shortest books we’ve picked so far (137 pages), so let’s see how the story unfolds!