Scott McCulloch's 'Basin' is a dystopian novel a character known as Figure is revived after a suicide attempt and has to taransverse a bleak landscape and his own sense of identity.Matthew Spencer's 'Black River' is a murder mystery thriller where the potential psychyopathy of a possible serial killer is explored before he kills again. The interplay between Adam Bowman, a struggling journalist, and the police lead to revealing insights about the ethics of such investigations.