Tales from 30 years on the beat
Tales from 30 years on the beat
Ted Fox reviews Straight From The Pig's Mouth, by Al Lester. Published by Penguin Random House.
Entertainment
Mother mulls mystery of missing days
Mother mulls mystery of missing days
Elspeth McLean reviews Whistle In The Dark, by Emma Healey. Published by Penguin Random House.
Challenging account of a writer’s sad decline
Challenging account of a writer’s sad decline
Jessie Neilson reviews Patient X: The Case-Book Of Ryunosuke Akutagawa, by David Peace. Published by Allen & Unwin.
A definitive account of a man of words and deeds
A definitive account of a man of words and deeds
Jim Sullivan reviews Pulpit Radical: The Story Of New Zealand Social Campaigner Rutherford Waddell, by Ian Dougherty. Published by Saddle Hill Press.
Children's books
Children's books
A roundup of the latest in children's books.
Second instalment examines limitations of artificial intelligence
Second instalment examines limitations of artificial intelligence
Rob Kidd reviews Thunderhead, by Neal Shusterman. Published by Walker Books.
Contested memoir of an auteur of disorientation
Contested memoir of an auteur of disorientation
Jessie Neilson reviews Room To Dreams, by David Lynch and Kristine McKenna. Published by Text Publishing.
Clinton has too much to say in thriller stuck in a bunker
Clinton has too much to say in thriller stuck in a bunker
Geoff Adams reviews The President Is Missing, by Bill Clinton and James Paterson. Published by Penguin Random House.
Master of Europe beyond the grave
Master of Europe beyond the grave
Mike Houlahan reviews Napoleon: Passion, Death, And Resurrection 1815-1840, by Philip Dwyer. Published by Bloomsbury.
Catholic order spread out from Italy to meet the needs of the Irish
Catholic order spread out from Italy to meet the needs of the Irish
Mike Crowl review The Rosminian Mission: Sowers Of The Second Spring, by John Michael Hill. Published by Gracewing.
Bloodhound tracks tale of technology and hubris
Bloodhound tracks tale of technology and hubris
Cushla McKinney reviews Bad Blood: Secrets And Lies In A Silicon Valley Startup, by John Carreyrou. Published by Macmillan.
Behind a great man
Behind a great man
At first glance, The Wife (Rialto and Metro) seems a straightforward story of how barren life can be living in the shadow of a great man.
Dark times trying to crack the market
Dark times trying to crack the market
Tom Brooking reviews Guinness Down Under, by Rod Smith. Published by Eyeglass Press.
Thriller roundup
Thriller roundup
A roundup of recently released thrillers.
Identities are carved out in a multicultural Britain
Identities are carved out in a multicultural Britain
Jessie Neilson reviews The One who Wrote Destiny, by Nikesh Shukla, published by Allen & Unwin.
Shriver brilliantly sharp in short story collection
Shriver brilliantly sharp in short story collection
Rob Kidd reviews Property, By Lionel Shriver, published by HarperCollins.
Babies, children at the heart of memoir
Babies, children at the heart of memoir
Pat Thwaites reviews Mind That Child: A Medical Memoir, by Dr Simon Rowley, published by Penguin Random House.
Making peace with the past
Making peace with the past
Jessie Neilson reviews Choose Somebody Else, by Yvonne Fein, published by Wild Dingo Press.
Rediscovering identity
Rediscovering identity
Feby Idrus reviews How We Desire, by Carolin Emcke, published by Text Publishing.
Opening a new window on Jane Austen
Opening a new window on Jane Austen
Cushla McKinney reviews Satire, Celebrity and Politics in Jane Austen by Jocelyn Harris, published by Bucknell University Press.