The Wildest Province: SOE in the Land of the Eagle by Roderick Bailey (Cape £25): exemplary history about British dirty tricks in Albania during the second world war
Swindled: From Poison Sweets to Counterfeit Coffee - the Dark History of the Food Cheats by Bee Wilson (J Murray £16.99): erudite and entertaining history of food adulteration, from Roman times to the present
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Maclehose Press £14.99): gripping crime debut that lives up to all the hype
Duma Key by Stephen King (Hodder £18.99): King's highbrow instincts are increasingly evident in this thoughtful chiller