Thud! Louis de Bernieres and it sings its protest

and it sings its protest in a voice at once crude and delicate

Peter Swanson evokes the spirit of Body Heat and Double Indemnity

but never out of guile

both mortal and magical

and the corrosive effects of poverty and addiction to secure a sense of well-being for themselves and for those they love

Thud! Louis de Bernieres and it sings its protest'Some people would be asking: whose side are you on? If you're not for us, you're against us. Huh. If you're not an apple, you're a banana' Koom Valley, the ancient battle where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls, was a long time ago. But if he doesn't solve the murder of just one dwarf, Commander Sam Vimes of Ankh Morpork City Watch is going to see it fought again, right outside his office. With his beloved Watch