Sanderson’s Isle, the “hugely enjoyable” (Lee Schofield) new novel by Betty Trask Prize-winning author James Clarke, has been included in The Independent‘s round-up of the best books of the month.

In his round-up, which you can read in full here, Martin Chilton writes:

“The ‘blaring morass’ that is London and the ‘mythical’ Lake District are the settings for James Clarke’s engaging, inventive literary noir novel Sanderson’s Isle (Serpent’s Tail). The novel, full of neat twists and potent writing, is about a television presenter and his friend who get caught up in an ‘off-grid’ 1960s psychedelic hippy cult as they hunt for a missing child.”

James’s third novel after The Litten Path and Hollow in the Land, Sanderson’s Isle follows one man’s journey through swinging London and the Lake District in the psychedelic 1960s.

Sanderson’s Isle is out now. Grab your copy here or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.