Night School by Lee Child

I read this August 2017.  I picked it up as a relaxing 'when I can't be bothered to read, read'
Another Jack Reacher novel, a typical Jack Reacher novel.

A cargo of nuclear devises have been 'missing' for years until they are discovered and the demand is a Hundred Milion Dollars. Set in 1996, Hamburg, Germany...
Jack saves the day - of course, we all know he will, but we don't care that we know, we get swept along.  These novels are exciting yet easy to read...

Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton

I listened to this July 2017
Read by Ben Kingsley this is a heart rending story of Zulu life.  A Country parson goes in search of his delinquent son in Johannesburg.  He finds more than he bargains for. A simple story, beautifully told of turbulence, poverty and the Zulus