11 books you need to read in 2017 before their TV adaptations air

The unenviable task of channelling her falls to Doctor Thorne star Stefanie Martini, who'll star alongside Sam Reid, Blake Harrison, Alun Armstrong and Ruth Sheen in the six part drama.

And while we've heard it doesn't tell the exact same tale as the TV series, your best bet for helpful hints about what the new series might offer has to be Lynda La Plante's latest novel, Tennison. Who better to tell the tale than the woman who gave us the Met's most formidable DCI?

6.SS-GB - Len Deighton

What would have happened if Germany won the Battle of Britain? That's the question Len Deighton ponders in his thriller set in Nazi-occupied London.

Douglas Archer (Sam Riley) is a Scotland Yard detective who can't decide whether to co-operate with the SS or join the resistance. That's soon the least of his worries though, when he finds himself embroiled in a sinister underworld while investigating what appears to be a simple black-market murder.

And he's not the only one falling into a tangled Man In The High Castle style web. American journalist Barbara Baga (Kate Bosworth) finds herself linked to the same case.