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A Stunning Twist

Harriet Waugh THE KEYS TO THE STREET by Ruth Rendell Hutchinson, £15.99, pp. 310 R uth Rendell is a phenomenon. For many years she has been producing three novels a year,......

The Empress And I

Amit Chaudhuri INDIAN SAHIB by Sushila Anand Duckworth, £16.95, pp. 112 I n 1887, 24-year-old Abdul Karim, son of a humble hakim (a Muslim doctor) and scion of a family in no......

Where There's A Will

Charlotte Moore THE GUEST by Charlotte Cory Faber, £15.99, pp. 224 T he guest' of the title is a corpse, a nameless visitor found dead in his hotel room in Knibden, an English......