Turkish GambitThe Russo Turkish war is at a critical juncture, and Erast Fandorin, broken hearted and disillusioned, has gone to the front in an attempt to forget his sorrows. Captured by the Turks, he wins his freedom in a game of backgammon, before finding himself the unlikely rescuer of Varvara Suvorova a 'progressive' Russian woman trying to make her way to the Russian headquarters to join her fianc. Fandorin's efforts to steer clear of affairs of state are

Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle

He is out of his jurisdiction

Since the Damn Stupid turned the clock back on civilization by centuries

Moments later a gunshot rang out

and her cry of raw outrage at the murder of her family rapidly develops into something very unexpected

Palestinian identity

She has written a feature about three women who were stalked and now

But they were asking the wrong thing

Once the code is cracked

the past never stays buried

Eleven-year-old Isabelle hasn't spoken in nine months

with no excuses