16/11/2019: At the next Emirates Litfest in Feb 2020, the dazzling yet sinister actions of the assassin Villanelle in Killing Eve, the serial killer in Linwood Barclay’s Elevator Pitch and the more insidious crimes in Christina Dalcher’s bestselling Vox, are offset by the inspiring and uplifting memoirs of the ‘Muslim Mother Theresa’ Edna Adan Ismail and champion for girls’ education and gender equality, Ziauddin Yousafzai. Alex Broun, Tamreez Inam and Flora Rees give their top recommendations about who they can’t wait to see next year.