One of the best books I’ve read this year. Humphreys works with words like a jeweller, handpicking each one before she sets it in one of these 40 vignettes. The stories are really short and yet she manages to give you reason to feel very strongly for the characters and find yourself transported to the frozen Thames as if you stood on the ice (which is not a small feat in this heatwave). I will definitely seek more of her books!