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■ REVIEW: Killing Time
Is this raw and gripping account of Dubai prison

Dubai is known for its luxury and excess, but scratch the surface and you’ll find the glitzy tourist destination isn’t quite so bright and shiny. The laws in Dubai are much more strict than in the West, and the consequences of breaking those laws can be brutal, as author and musician Karl Williams found. Is […]

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■ REVIEW: The Last Mile
Intriguing from start to finish

Mysteries & thrillers

Melvin Mars sits in a cell, awaiting execution for the brutal murder of his parents two decades. However, just hours before he is scheduled to die, he is granted an unexpected reprieve when someone else confesses to the crime. In this second “Memory Man” book to feature Amos Decker, he is now the latest member

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■ REVIEW: Molly and the Cat Cafe
Fresh feline perspective

General fiction

Cutsie animal stories are nothing new, but this little tale of love, loss and new beginnings is told from the point of view of the cutsie animal concerned, giving it a fresh take and and an unusual angle. Molly the cat has a pretty happy life – eating, sleeping, attacking Christmas decorations and generally living

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■ REVIEW: You are Dead
Latest Roy Grace book a good read

Mysteries & thrillers

Best-selling author Peter James is back with the 11th book in his Roy Grace crime series. Nick Walton’s fiance Logan has just driven into the underground car park of the building in Brighton where they live when she calls him on her cellphone. She is very obviously terrified and as Nick struggles to comprehend what

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■ REVIEW: Still Foolin 'Em
There’s so much to like about Billy

People

Billy Crystal is one of those actors that everyone knows of. His career is wide-ranging and various, and it feels like he’s done a little bit of everything. Still Foolin ‘Em is part autobiography, part reflecting on ageing, and it’s all pulled together by Crystal’s self-deprecating humour and observations about life, ageing and the world

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■ REVIEW: A King's Ransom
Well-researched look at medieval politics

General fiction

For his part in the third Crusade, King Richard the Lionheart has won prestige, legendary status and, sadly, enemies within Christian Europe itself. As a result, his journey home becomes fraught with danger. Storms and pirates fade into insignificance when he is detained by Duke Leopold of Austria, a man with a grievance against Richard.

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■ REVIEW: Vicious Circle
Huge disappointment for dedicated fan

Mysteries & thrillers

My brother, an avid reader, introduced me to Wilbur Smith when I was still in my teens and I’ve enjoyed his novels ever since. Smith is easily my favorite author and I love his books more now than ever. He is the master of the epic adventure and once started his novels are hard to

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■ REVIEW: An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
Astronaut’s exploits are out of this world

People

Chris Hadfield is without doubt the world’s most well- known astronaut since the hey-day of the Moon landings and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. He is the dude who made us all smile last year with his music video of David Bowie’s Space Oddity because, aside from anything else, he is probably one of few

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■ REVIEW: Fukushima: Japan's Tsunami and the Inside Story of the Nuclear Meltdowns
Harrowing accounts reveal disaster details

General non-fiction

Three years ago, and just a couple of weeks after the deadly Canterbury quake, Japan was also hit by a big quake. While more than 180 died in the 6.3 magnitude Canterbury quake of February 22, 2011, Japan initially got through the violent March 11 quake (a whopping magnitude 9) relatively unscathed. It was the

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■ REVIEW: King and Maxwell
King and Maxwell more enjoyable in right order

Mysteries & thrillers

In what at first appears to be a straightforward story, a teenage boy is told his father – a soldier – has been killed in action in Afghanistan but then something extraordinary happens: he receives a communication from his father. The boy, Tyler, hires private investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell in this latest in

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