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Ben Pastor - Tin Sky

Reviews for Tin Sky by Ben Pastor

‘STARRED REVIEW PW .Set in the spring of 1943, Pastor's excellent fourth mystery featuring Maj. Martin Bora (after 2014's Dark Song of Blood) takes the German army counterintelligence officer to... Read More
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Paul Thomas - Fallout

Reviews for Fallout by Paul Thomas

‘FALLOUT one of 5 selected for Guardian Crime Roundup: Winner of the antipodean Ned Kelly and Ngaio Marsh awards, Paul Thomas is the author of a series featuring Maori policeman... Read More
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Vesna Goldsworthy - Chernobyl Strawberries

Reviews for Chernobyl Strawberries by Vesna Goldsworthy

‘A book about a woman from a war-shredded country, who discovers she has breast cancer… Not a bundle of laughs, one would assume. One would be wrong. Chernobyl Strawberries is,... Read More
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Julian Spalding - Realisation

Reviews for Realisation by Julian Spalding

‘Whether it was a Druid temple, an astronomical calendar or a centre for healing, the mystery of Stonehenge has long been a source of speculation and debate. Now a dramatic... Read More
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Harri Nykanen - Behind God's Back

Reviews for Behind God's Back by Harri Nykanen

‘In Nykänen's intricately plotted second Ariel Kafka novel to be published in English (after 2012's Nights of Awe), the Helsinki Violent Crimes Unit cop looks into the shooting murder of... Read More
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Leonardo Padura - The Man Who Loved Dogs

Reviews for The Man Who Loved Dogs by Leonardo Padura

‘Leon Trotsky's brutal assassination by a Stalinist agent in Mexico in August 1940 might seem an unlikely wellspring for fiction, but it has inspired more than one novelist in recent... Read More
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Raymond Tallis - Summers of Discontent

Reviews for Summers of Discontent by Raymond Tallis

‘Raymond Tallis is what some people may refer to as a Renaissance Man. He is a doctor (specifically, a neurologist), a philosopher, a poet and a cultural critic. Summers of... Read More
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Nigel Daly - The Lost Pre Raphaelite

Reviews for The Lost Pre Raphaelite by Nigel Daly

'I KNOW it sounds corny," reflects Nigel Daly of the night he and partner Brian Vowles first took a tour of the semi-ruined Biddulph Old Hall, "but the lady who... Read More
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Anita Nair - A Cut-Like Wound

Reviews for A Cut-Like Wound by Anita Nair

‘ Anita Nair's excellent new novel is something of a departure from her previous books, with their nuanced, intricate examinations of relationships and social status. Set during Ramadan in the... Read More
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Ian Hamilton Finlay - Midway

Reviews for Midway by Ian Hamilton Finlay

'The Scottish concrete poet, visual artist, short story writer, aphorist, editor, and 'avant-gardener' Ian Hamilton Finlay is one of the great polymaths of our time. His writings alone would put... Read More
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Ben Pastor - A Dark Song of Blood

Reviews for A Dark Song of Blood by Ben Pastor

Pastor's atmospheric third Martin Bora mystery (after 2012's Liar Moon) finds the German counterintelligence officer in Rome in January 1944. There Bora teams with Insp. Sandro Guidi of the Italian... Read More
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Francis Russell - 101 Places in Italy, A Private Grand Tour

Reviews for 101 Places in Italy, A Private Grand Tour by Francis Russell

‘Despite the title's genuflection to the patron saint of current art publishing, this is a very good guide indeed. Francis Russell is a very serious art historian, specialising in Italian... Read More
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