Ok, ok -- so this book had a big following before the TV show. Guess what? It just got bigger. Just keep Ian McShane as Mr Wednesday in mind while you read it.
A truly dark, meandering tale of a seemingly normal woman who commits a heinous crime with seemingly no motivation. Less a 'whodunnit', more a 'whydunnit'.
The original book of the popular Netflix series charts political intrigue, backhanders, and savagery in London's Westminster. Why not see how it compares?
"Like Game of Thrones, but real" is how one critic described Bernard Cornwell's tale of how England came to be. But why watch episodes back-to-back when the book's ready and waiting?