These are some of the books our books editor, Meneesha Govender, received recently. They may be reviewed later
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The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes
by Anna McPartlin (Transworld)
Mia “Rabbit” Hayes loves her ordinary life and the extraordinary people in it.
They include her spirited daughter Juliet, and the only man who captured her heart, Johnny Faye.
Rabbit is diagnosed with breast cancer and she quickly learns the world has other plans for her.
But Rabbit has plans too – and only a couple of days to make them happen.
The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes is about laughing through the surprises life throws at you and finding joy in every moment.
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A Song for Issy Bradley
by Carys Brady (Hutchinson)
A family’s world falls apart when a loved one dies unexpectedly.
A Song for Issy Bradley is about this family trying to come to terms with loss and figure out how to move on.
Ian is a Mormon bishop, maths teacher and head of the household. He has an unshakeable faith that it will all work out if he can endure to the end. Claire, his wife, is isolated in her wait for a sign from God that all will be all right.
In the midst of this agony, Zippy is dealing with the agony and euphoria of first love, while Alma is filled with cynicism as well as bravery.
Then there is 7-year-old Jacob who will depend on his faith in an attempt to mend his broken family with a miracle.
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Invisible
by James Patterson and David Ellis (Century)
Emmy Dockery’s sister was killed in a house fire that was ruled an accident.
But she knows better – she is convinced a serial killer is on the loose – especially since there have been dozens of “accidental” fires across the US in the past year.
Afraid that one of the worst serial killers of all time is being ignored, it is up to her to stop the killings.
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Justice Denied
by David Klatzow (Zebra Press, R250)
An innocent woman is sent to jail because of a mistaken fingerprint identification; a man is hanged for murder because of incorrect analysis of post-mortem bruising; a mother is jailed for murdering her baby when a substance is falsely identified as blood.
CSI investigators do get it wrong, it appears.
These are some of the major forensic disasters that have occurred over the past 100 years and they are exposed in this book.
Forensic scientist David Klatzow shows that forensic science does not provide instant answers as shows like CSI would like us to believe.
In this book he shows that forensic science is not clear-cut or easy to interpret, and practitioners are not always competent.
Justice Denied exposes how bad science can be used to carry out many courtroom injustices that ultimately damage real people.