10 new books for November: Gay Byrne's letters, Marian Finucane, Roberto Firmino

Some of Denise O'Donoghue's book highlights of the coming month

Marian Finucane’s widower shares an unexpected love story charting forty years of conversation and thousands of miles travelled.
From the author of The Power, The Future follows a group of friends who hatch a daring plan that could be the greatest heist ever or the cataclysmic end of civilization.
In a new novel from the author of The Love Hypothesis, two rival chess players come together in a match for the heart.

Violet Sorrengail may have survived her first year at Basgiath War College for dragon riders, but this epic adventure is just heating up in the eagerly anticipated sequel to Fouth Wing.
A funny and relatable story at the end of Andy and Jen’s relationship about heartbreak and friendship, and how to survive both.

A gripping thriller from the former State Pathologist that follows the murder of the host of a popular true-crime podcast on unsolved murders of Irish women.

One of the most important figures in Liverpool’s recent history, Roberto Firmino earned seven winners’ medals. This memoir celebrates Roberto’s cherished years at Liverpool FC.
In The Little Liar, Nico's story is interweaved with other individuals impacted by the Nazi occupation of Greece. As the decades pass, the consequences of what they endured come to light.
Two mauled bodies in the woods. Two top-secret autopsies. After one of the most frightening body retrievals of her career, Scarpetta must discover who would commit murders this brutal, and why.

Shared by the broadcaster’s daughter, this is the story of a nation as seen through letters written to Gay Byrne from listeners all over Ireland across 25 years.