MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
Crime fiction round-up: January 7, 2020
MAT COWARD reviews the latest from Christine Poulson, Mark McCrum, Mark Douglas-Home and Riku Onda
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
A LABORATORY on a tidal island off the Devon coast is doing vital research into the mechanism by which viruses can jump from one species to another in An Air That Kills by Christine Poulson (Lion Hudson, £8.99). With the next major flu pandemic widely considered inevitable, this work could potentially save millions of human lives.
But there’s a problem. For some reason, staff turnover is worryingly rapid and medical researcher and reluctant whistleblower Katie Flanagan is persuaded to go undercover at the lab. She hasn’t been there long before a tragedy occurs. Coincidence, or something more sinister?
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