These are some of the books our books editor, Meneesha Govender, received recently. They may be reviewed later
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Fortress
by Andy McNab (Bantam Press)
SAS trooper Tom Buckingham takes down a renegade Afghan soldier. But he is made a scapegoat for the incident and kicked out of the regiment. He returns to Britain bitter and disillusioned.
Tom, however, is soon courted by billionaire Vernon Rolt – a powerful man with political ambitions and few scruples. Britain is in turmoil and the time is perfect for Rolt to make a play for power. But hidden forces in the state machinery are at work.
And Tom soon finds himself back in the world of intelligence and special forces. He will have to decide where his loyalties lie.
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Private India
by James Patterson and Ashwin Sanghi (Century)
Santosh Wagh is head of Private India, the Mumbai branch of the world’s finest investigation agency. And with a city of more than 13 million people, he is a busy man.
Now it appears a serial killer is on the loose. People are being strangled and strange objects are clues left at the scenes of their deaths.
Santosh and his team race to catch the killer before more people are killed. But an even greater danger faces Private India – it is a danger that threatens thousands of innocent people in the city.