Cynics S. J. Bennett Zaffre FFJ|DNBR|FFH|FFS Hardback 2025 author of The Midnight Feast

author of The Midnight Feast

Frieda soon begins to realise that she's up against someone who'll go to any lengths to protect themself

to his post-war rebranding as a best-selling author

No one's coming in or out

contemplates life and death

Cynics S. J. Bennett Zaffre FFJ|DNBR|FFH|FFS Hardback 2025 author of The Midnight FeastBookish and idealistic Vladimir is tormented with love for Olga; he brings her flowers when other men bring her flour and millet. Olga eventually agrees to marry him, as her building's central heating will be out of service all winter and at least with two in the bed they'll be warmer. When she decides she'd like to serve the revolution, he introduces her to his brother Sergei, a Bolshevik who manages the waterways. Thus begins an excruciating love