BOOKS 2024 #אריה ניר

Psychological thriller. Very relevant these days in a time of war against the cruelest of our enemies. Karin Toyle leads us through the battlefield of the war on terror into the dark recesses of the human soul with all its contradictions, holding before us a mirror that reflects the reality of our lives, directs a look at evil and pain, but does not let go of the light and hope that is hidden at the end of the tunnel.

The second book in the 'Hidden Iceland' series, four friends go for a weekend on the isolated island of Atliday, near the coast of Iceland. Only three will return from it alive. Detective Hulda Hermansdottir is sent to investigate the case, and soon discovers echoes of another murder, which happened a decade earlier in the western fjords.

A heartbreaking and captivating debut novel, about bereavement and hope and the transformative power of friendship. Bobby Palmer wrote a modern fairy tale that is difficult to summarize and explain in words, you just have to go on a journey with the characters.

When one of their men is kidnapped, the failed agents of House Slough, the Slow Horses, are forced to act against all odds. They are required to steal valuable intelligence from the MI5 headquarters in Regent's Park, thus acquiring new enemies. But it turns out that the kidnapping is only the tip of the iceberg - behind it there is a branched network of intrigues

Esme was born into a world of words. Motherless and with an insatiable curiosity, she spends her childhood in a garden shed in Oxford, where her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers collect words to create the Oxford English Dictionary. One day, when young Esme is sitting hidden under the examination table, a piece of paper falls under the table, with the word "slave" on it. Esme begins to collect more words that have been discarded or lost...