It's time for our May book reviews! Alex reads a Gothic classic, and Dean reads some books about ancient Greece and Rome, tries some disappointing Huxley, and we check out a great new thriller. 

Books discussed include: 

- A Fatal Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (Emma Southon, 2020)

- Point Counter Point (Aldous Huxley, 1928)

- The Fugitive Gold / Swarnmriga (Rabindranath Tagore, 1892)

- Clermont (Regina Maria Roche, 1798)

- Ithaca (Claire North, 2022)

- My Twin The Murderer (Lindsay Kent, 2026)

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