These are the books our Books Editor, Meneesha Govender, received recently. They may be reviewed later.
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The Drop
by Dennis Lehane (Little Brown)
Bob Saginowski works for his cousin Marv as a bartender in Boston.
The Drop follows him through a scheme of funnelling cash to local gangsters in the underworld of Boston bars.
Bob finds himself caught up in a robbery that goes wrong. The subsequent investigation digs into the neighbourhood’s past – it’s a past where friends, families and enemies all work together to make a living – no matter what the cost.
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The Vanished Ones
by Donato Carrisi (Sphere)
Mila Vasquez works at the Missing Persons bureau of the Federal Police.
It is her job to locate the hundreds of lost people who have vanished from their former lives.
The longer they are gone, the more forgotten they are.
But, now they are returning with horrifying consequences.
Wielding devastation and heartbreak, the Vanished are appearing at random – and committing horrific murders.
Mila has to scramble to find out where they have come from and what they want.
The deeper she gets into the case, the more she realises that her colleagues are hiding something from her – it’s something that will jeopardise everything.
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The Churchill Factor – How One Man Made History
by Boris Johnson (Hodder and Stoughton)
Marking the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s death, Boris Johnson explores the “Churchill Factor”. Looking at myths, misconceptions and facts, he portrays a man of contradictions, bravery, eloquence, matchless strategising and deep humanity.
Britain’s prime minister during World War II, Churchill was also a journalist, orator and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
He was famous for his ability to combine wining and dining with many late nights of crucial wartime decision-making. This book will be of interest to anyone who is interested in history and who wants to know what makes a great leader.