Harvill Secker

■ REVIEW: Bad Blood
Thriller with the good, the bad and the ugly

For years the “Kentucky Killer” managed to elude the FBI, leaving a trail of victims with terrible injuries that haunted the agents looking for him. With a method of highly specialised method of torture secretly developed during the Vietnam War, the Kentucky Killer had an easily recognised signature when it came to killing. And the […]

■ REVIEW: Bad Blood
Thriller with the good, the bad and the ugly
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■ REVIEW: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
What shaped our evolutionary path?

With a PhD in history from Oxford University, Dr Yuval Noah Harari is well-qualified to examine the history of us – the human species. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind looks at the whole of human history, from the very first humans until now, and how our history has shaped us and our environment. Going back

■ REVIEW: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
What shaped our evolutionary path?
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■ REVIEW: An Event in Autumn
Short preview to a character’s farewell

Here’s a treat for fans: new novella featuring the now world-famous (but, sadly, now retired literary character) of Scandinavian detective Kurt Wallander. After three decades of solving crime, Wallander is ready for a change, and an old farmhouse in the Swedish countryside looks like the perfect place to make that change. Wallander’s life hasn’t exactly

■ REVIEW: An Event in Autumn
Short preview to a character’s farewell
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■ REVIEWS: Cockroaches | Police
Popular hero is perfectly flawed

This recent release to the New Zealand market from Norwegian musician, economist and author Jo Nesbo is actually one of the earlier Harry Hole novels that has finally been translated for his English-speaking fans. This time around, the troubled detective has been sent to Bangkok after the Norwegian ambassador is found dead in a motel

■ REVIEWS: Cockroaches | Police
Popular hero is perfectly flawed
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■ REVIEWS: Mercy | The Troubled Man | Exposed | The Leopard
Nordic authors come in from the cold

There seems to be a bit of a trend for kick-ass Scandinavian thrillers of late. Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy has pushed the Nordic murder-mystery genre into the spotlight and those books have made a whole lot of readers sit up and take notice, but there are lots of other authors waving the Nordic flag. Mercy,

■ REVIEWS: Mercy | The Troubled Man | Exposed | The Leopard
Nordic authors come in from the cold
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