Can this be considered a form of rip-off by book publishers and authors? I notice that some authors who have a couple of bestsellers under their belts have opted to increase the prices for their subsequent books very significantly. Maybe it is the publishers who are at fault and not the authors though I suspect both parties are in cahoots. ...

The Girl on the Train, the debut novel by British author Paula Hawkins, has sold in excess of 10 million copies worldwide. It is a 409-page psychological thriller novel that is so engrossing that I managed to finish it in one day. The narrative is skilfully split between three women whose lives interlink tragically: Rachel, Megan and Anna. Hawkins has ...