Off the Shelf: Books to make your heart beat faster

Prima Facie, The Lagos Wife, Moral Injuries

Do you have a type? (Now this is a post unto itself.) My literary type is dictated by when I am reading. Bedtime, for instance, is not the time for anything too terrifying - although, to be frank, I have a low bar on this front. Some books are just better suited to holidays (this was one of my best ever holiday reads), or to winter, or the daily commute…