Blogs in February 2024

The Sacred Spoils 24th February 2024

The Rossi & Nero Thrillers Book 1 To the victor go the spoils… Historian Carmen Nero, in southern Italy to help a friend search for ancient riches, is caught up in the murderous schemes of the Calabrian Mafia. Cesco Rossi,...

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Wild Thorns 9th February 2024

First published 1976 Surrounded by burned-down orchards and people seemingly resigned to their fate, a young Palestinian man named Usama returns to his homeland after working in the Gulf for some years. Now an operative in the resistance movement,...

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Selamlik 10th January 2024

An unflinching story about Arab masculinity and homoeroticism Furat, a Syrian in his early 20s, visits Sibki Park in Damascus, one of the city’s most popular cruising areas. There he learns about the hammams, secret meeting places for gay...

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Where the Wind Calls Home 10th January 2024

In this new novel by Syria’s most prominent writer of the National Book Award Finalist Planet of Clay, a wounded nineteen-year-old soldier in the Syrian Army remembers his life lived in the traditional Alawite way. “The potent latest from...

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Arabian Noir 3rd January 2024

“A dynamic, diverse and above all brilliant collection of stories.” Mark Billingham Sunday Times Bestselling Crime Writer, Comedian, Actor The Arabian Noir anthology represents a milestone for the Crime Writers Association’s (CWA) Gulf Chapter. Editor-authors Michael Lynes and Alex...

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