We are living in interesting times here in India, ever since the government decided to wage a high-profile campaign against black money, but – everyone believes – actually aimed at political opposition. Which means that the just-published novel, “The Strongman’s Daughter” is deliciously bang up-to-date. For in the character of …
Yes, indeed, I am still very immersed in the world of the master Israeli spy and assassin Gabriel Allon, and, as ever, am in awe of the amazingly topical plots and their totally unpredictable twists and turns, in the hands of the master, Daniel Silva. Gabriel Allon and his world have …
I have been on a total Daniel Silva binge, reading my way through the gripping Gabriel Allon series. All throughout this long, remorselessly hot Delhi summer (I live in India), I have immersed myself, one book at a time, in the fascinating world of the Israeli secret service. The core …
Before we start – cards on the table time. I was sent “How to kill a billionaire” by Juggernaut, to test and review their new app for reading on your smartphone. Click here to read my review in my other blog. But boy oh boy, did ever I make a …
What an interesting book this is. A criminal and political whodunnit that takes place in contemporary India, and at the very highest levels – we meet the President of India in the opening moments of the book, and yet leaves us puzzling over the nature of the crime, the motives …
Inspector Singh, of the Singapore police force, might just have to look to his laurels. Courtesy, of all unlikely people, his wife, Mrs. Singh. In this funny, laugh-out-loud 5th instalment of the Inspector Singh series, we see the Malaysian-Singaporean Sikh going to India for the first time, to attend, of …
Yup, guilty as charged I am indeed becoming a bit of an Inspector Singh junkie, having just polished off the third in the series in the space of a week. And books 4-6 are downloaded and ready to go. In the third book in the series, Inspector Singh is on …
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, …
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. I was so looking forward to reading and reviewing this book. I have read one of Mr. Sanghi’s books (click here for the link to my review of The Krishna Key) but to my shame (well, I imagine it is to my shame…) I …
