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|author=Friedrich Durrenmatt and Joel Agee (translator)
|title=The Pledge
|rating=4
|genre=Crime
|summary=In what sounds like rural Switzerland, a girl has been murdered and left for anyone to see in a forest. The police come, and soon find out who the villagers already think is the sole suspect – a man known for illegal liaisons with young girls. They have, in fact, to put a compelling case against lynch mob rule just to get him back for investigation. He does confess, after a lengthy process – and then hangs himself. But the leader of the investigation, even while walking across the airstrip to the plane waiting to take him to a different job elsewhere, is determined to follow up on the promise he made to the girl's parents, to make the guilty person face justice. It's a promise, however, with far-reaching consequences…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782273395</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author= Anne Glyn-Jones
|summary= London during the plague – a terrifying place to be in any era. And in 1665, a time when relics and blessings are considered just as effective – if not more so – than medicines, it spreads at a horrific rate. Imagine it: if one person in a family starts to show the distinctive signs, everyone in the household is sealed in, meaning that they too will almost inevitably succumb and die a painful death. Quacks sell all manner of rubbish to desperate townsfolk, and prophets draw large crowds as they preach repentance for sin.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141360666</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Ian Ross
|title=The Mask of Command (Twilight of Empire)
|rating=5
|genre=Historical Fiction
|summary= Warning: spoilers ahead for previous books in the series.
305AD: Castus Aurelius, following the death of his predecessor, has been promoted to commander (or vir perfecctissiums) of the Roman forces at the Rhine. He's also been ordered to take Crispus, Constantine's son and heir, for the character-building experience. That complicates matters as when Castus isn't trying to keep Crispus alive, he's finding it difficult to increase his own chance of survival, especially considering how the last Rhine commander met his end.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784975257</amazonuk>
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