Wildcat Currency review – how virtual cash is transforming finance

We ignore the rise of online currencies at our peril warns this timely book, writes John Naughton

The Wrong Knickers: A Decade of Chaos review – Bryony Gordon’s years as a real-life Bridget Jones

A memoir of the hedonistic antics of a twentysomething girl about town might easily have gone awry, but Gordon's wit and candour has the reader rooting for her, writes Barbara Ellen

Bad Monkey review – Carl Hiaasen returns to form in this Caribbean caper

Severed limbs, disgraced cops and corruption in paradise add up to a rollicking mystery, says Ben East

Park Notes review – beautifully crafted ruminations on Regent’s Park

Sarah Pickstone gathers writings from Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Olivia Laing and others to fine effect, writes Tim Adams

The Hunt for the Golden Mole review – Richard Girling’s ‘entertaining and provocative’ quest

Richard Girling's tale of an elusive burrowing mammal turns into a compelling study of humankind's devastating cruelty to animals, writes Robin McKie

Independence: An Argument for Home Rule by Alasdair Gray; My Scotland, Our Britain: A Future Worth Sharing by Gordon Brown – review

While Gray's cod history does the nationalists no favours, Brown makes a formidable case for a reimagined union, says Alexander Linklater

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith review – labours hard to be silky

JK Rowling's second novel in the Cormoran Strike series sacrifices narrative to plot, writes Robert McCrum

Legends of the Tour review – an illustrated history of cycling’s great race

Full of drama, history and daredevilry, Jan Cleijne's beautiful book is a fine taster for this year's Tour de France, says Rachel Cooke

Pearl of a museum: Vermeer shines among Dutch icons in new Mauritshuis

A dramatic yet tasteful refurbishment allows The Hague's fine collection of golden age Dutch art to seduce and intrigue, writes Jonathan Jones

The Fault in our Stars review – manipulative and crass

This phoney-baloney cancer fantasy based on John Green's novel aims straight for the tear duct, but you have to accept its laser-sharp accuracy, writes Peter Bradshaw

Divided Lives review – Lyndall Gordon’s struggle to cut the cord

Susie Orbach: Lyndall Gordon's fascinating memoir tells how she escaped the influence of her troubled mother to become a chronicler of other lives

The Story of Pain: From Prayer to Painkillers review – Joanna Bourke’s erudite and witty study

Poets and priests as well as medics are consulted in Joanna Bourke's bold study of the human response to pain, writes Salley Vickers

Lying Under the Apple Tree review – Alice Munro’s astonishing tales of small-town Canada

Alice Munro demonstrates mastery of her craft in 15 stories culled from five recent collections, writes Clare Wigfall

Usher House/The Fall of the House of Usher review – a tale of two houses

While Gordon Getty's treatment of the story was dull and dramatically plodding, Robert Orledge's economic and evocative version was far more involving, writes Andrew Clements

Pikin Slee: Viviane Sassen review – the geometry of the rainforest

Sean O'Hagan: Viviane Sassen travelled to a rainforest village in Suriname to capture the powerful images in this book