Ripley’s Smörgåsbord

The December edition of Mike Ripley’s popular Shots column, “Getting Away with Murder,” includes notes about Canongate Publishing’s new paperback imprint, Blackthorn; Vintage’s reissue of Fletcher Knebel’s 1965 thriller, Night of Camp David; new book releases by Lina Bengtsdotter, Richard Crompton, and Peter Murphy; and Ripley’s rundown of the books that gave him the most pleasure reading in 2018. Click here to read about these matters, and more.