The Outpost by Adam Baker: I got this from the library on a whim, and it is a cracking, taut, cinematic thriller. The prose is pared-down to the bone, making for a fast, furious read. A caretaker crew on an Arctic oil refinery are abandoned as the world comes to a end due to a mysterious plague. Winter closes in, food stores are too low and the plague itself makes an unexpected arrival. Though atmospheric and claustrophopic, Baker pulls off a few sepctacular set-pieces. The heroine is unusual - basically she's the Vicar of Dibley - and he avoids the obvious killed-off-one-by-one route, building instead a core of four characters for the reader to become totally invested in. I've come to respect the art of writing books that read like really cool films, mostly because when they're made into films they usually end up a mess. I blew through this in a day and a half. An unexpected treat.