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For those of us who associate Arab culture with the authoritarianism and religious extremism so…

Midnight at Malabar House begins a fascinating crime series set in a turbulent period in…

This wonderfully researched and beautifully written book tells the extraordinary story of Charles Masson. Full…

The Killing Kind is one of the most exciting thrillers to grace my shelves recently.…

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Since the publication of Someone Else’s Skin, which won the Theakston Crime Novel of the…

The “lupanar” had two meanings for the Romans. Literally, it is a den of wolves.…

Many contemporary Arab authors find themselves confronting challenges similar to those faced by writers in…

Louise Beech’s literary output is impressive – from her first published novel How To Be…