Too close for comfort: Family Friends, by Chloë Ashby, reviewed
Past secrets emerge to test the long-standing friendship of two couples on holiday together in the south of France
The tragedy of a life not lived: Slanting Towards the Sea, by Lidija Hilje reviewed
The story of a doomed love affair in turn-of-the-millennium Croatia aches from the start. But more haunting still are the missed opportunities that result from it
