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Book review: Who Killed Berta Cáceres? by Nina Lakhani
Berta Cáceres was a Honduran political activist, fighting for environmental and indigenous rights. She was murdered in 2016 by hired…
Book review: Hidden on the Fens (DI Nikki Galena #11) by Joy Ellis
I’ve enjoyed Joy Ellis’s DI Nikki Galena police procedurals before. Hidden on the Fens, the 11th in the series, has…
Book review: The Last Trial by Scott Turow (Kindle County 11)
Alejandro Stern is a recurring character in Scott Turow’s Kindle County thrillers. He was the defence lawyer in his most…
Series love: Lawrence Block’s Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries
I’ve been feeling bad that I don’t give series I’ve loved the attention they deserve on the blog. Often I…
Book review: Pilgrims by Matthew Kneale
In Pilgrims, an assortment of medieval characters set off to Rome. They come from a range of backgrounds and have…
Book review: Sword by by Bogdan Teodorescu, translated by Marina Sofia
Sword is a political thriller from Romania, one of a number of translated titles from new indie publisher Corylus Books.…
Book review: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven imagined a pandemic and its aftermath, asking what could endure and what we would…
Audiobook review: In the Field by Jesse Loncraine, narrated by Adjoa Andoh
Sometimes you happen across a book that you feel should have had a lot of attention but somehow didn’t. In…
Book review: Crossed Skis by Carol Carnac
Carol Carnac is one of the pseudonyms used by Edith Caroline Rivett, who also wrote mysteries as ECR Lorac. Crossed…
