I have never, ever been so sad to finish a book of non-fiction. Many a time I have dreaded reaching the end of a novel, but this is a first for me – when I turned the final page of this amazing book about women runners, I felt a real …
What a joy this biography is. An absolute delight to read and oh-so interesting to learn about a fascinating historical figure, about whom I was – admission time – hitherto woefully ignorant. The life of Farzana, known as Begum Samru, is a classic rags-to-riches story, told with verve and much …
The good news: Inspector Samuel Tay of the Singapore CID is back, and is turning into a regular old curmudgeon. The bad news: since this third instalment in what I pray is going to be an endless series of novels, was only published a few weeks ago, there may be a bit …
Saad bin Jung, the author of the recently published “Matabele Dawn” is a friend, a state of affairs that can sometimes make reviewing a book a rather tricky exercise. Treading the fine line between friendship and truth. That kind of dilemma. No such dilemma here. Saad is a well known, …
You don’t really need the backstory, I hope, to appreciate this review, but since it might just put things fully in context, here you go. Through the twin worlds of Facebook and running, I recently met the utterly charming Chetan Mahajan, author of “The Bad Boys of Bokaro Jail”. …
Mr. Jennings and his clever writing and gripping story lines is my new brilliant new discovery this week, and as I finish the 3rd novel of his in a row, I can’t wait for the next one. “Villanelle : Hollowpoint” is a Kindle single, and having also just discovered this e-novella …
Having just this week discovered the wonderful writer Luke Jennings, I have also discovered something called a Kindle single. Mr. Jennings has published 2 Kindle Singles, and I read “Codename Villanelle” in one Sunday afternoon sitting, and am now hooked, on both the format, and what I hope is going …
What a very clever and intriguing whodunnit this book is. A financial thriller, involving banking (yes, indeed, banking of all things) and gaming and bitcoins and politics and death and love – and the whole combo makes for a great read. This is the second book by Mr. Subramanian that I …
I am sent quite a number of books by Indian authors to review, and like everything in life I guess, some are good, some are bad and some are downright indifferent. And some are, quite frankly, so badly written that I battle to read them. It is a mistake to …
