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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
Cover-ups and conundrums from LA to the Cotswolds
MAT COWARD rounds up some of the latest Crime Fiction to hit the shelves
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
Los Angeles lawyer Mickey Haller does love a good murder, and he could certainly do with a long, complicated trial to top up his bank account. But, in The Gods Of Guilt by Michael Connelly (Orion, £18.99), does he really want to defend the cyber pimp charged with killing one of his old friends?
In the end he takes the case, if only to learn what happened to Gloria, a prostitute whom he thought he had helped to escape years ago from the trade which brought her back to LA to her old life and soon to her death.
A terrific courtroom drama is at the heart of this book, as Mickey battles a deep-rooted cover-up.
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