The Ghost Runner: A Makana Investigation (Hardcover) by Parker Bilal

from ffortsa

I was eager to get this newest Bilal from the library, but then had a bit of a problem pushing through it. I just wasn't that in the mood for a dark mystery set in a dysfunctional society, as well-written as it is. But it gradually grew on me. The story was complicated, but not hard to follow, an...

from gossypia

I loved this book. The seedy atmosphere of Siwa reminded me of Alexandria, where there are so many relics of a more vibrant time, some lived in and others abandoned. Towards the end it was difficult to work out who was laying traps for whom, but that seemed quite realistic too! The picture of the...

from smik

This really is one of those books that takes the Western reader into a very different world. Makana is at first engaged to track a lawyer whose wife says she thinks he is having an affair. The lawyer in turn hires Makana to find out the truth about the death of a young woman in a house fire. The ...

from smik

This really is one of those books that takes the Western reader into a very different world. Makana is at first engaged to track a lawyer whose wife says she thinks he is having an affair. The lawyer in turn hires Makana to find out the truth about the death of a young woman in a house fire. The ...