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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
A quartet strung out and other nerve-shredding nefariousness
Crime fiction round-up with MAT COWARD
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
A jobbing viola player is recruited to fill a mysterious vacancy in one of Britain's most famous string quartets, in The Tooth
Tattoo by Peter Lovesey (Sphere, £8.99).
There's something a bit peculiar about the whole affair but the lure of a lucrative and musically challenging residency in Bath is too much to resist.
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DENNIS BROE points out that two popular TV series promote police violence and disguise it as ‘fun’
JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime
Timeloop murder, trad family MomBomb, Sicilian crime pages and Craven praise