Malla Nunn
Blessed are the Dead
Editors' choice
It’s difficult to decide what is best about Malla Nunn’s most recent novel, Blessed are the Dead. The setting is…
A Beautiful Place to Die
Editors' choice
South Africa, 1952. Detective Sergeant Emmanuel Cooper is sent to investigate the murder of Afrikaner police officer Captain Willem Pretorius…
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