Faith Zanetti isn't covering Israel out of some kind of altruism. She's there because she got posted there by the fat drunk who is her foreign editor. And she loves it. It's hot, it's complicated, there's always some action and her friends are there, slouched at the bar of Jerusalem's American Colony hotel. But when Faith finds the naked corpse of her best friend, Shiv, hanging from the doorframe of her hotel room, she can't keep her journalistic distance any more!
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*Starred Review* It’s odd that there aren’t more foreign-correspondent series leads in crime fiction. The job requires a classic hard-boiled hero—tough talking, cynical to the bone, and capable of ingesting prodigious amounts of booze and cigarettes—and the work entails jumping from one dangerous venue to another, perfect for keeping the story lines fresh. British journalist Faith Zanetti fits the bill perfectly, and though her adventures have been published in the UK for the last several years, they are only beginning to arrive here (see Vodka Neat). In this installment, following adentures in Russia and Colombia, Faith is posted to Jerusalem and happily reconnects with a gang of old pals, comrades-in-khakis, and settles into a comfortable, vodka-fueled routine, searching for a supposed mole in Israeli intelligence. Then her best friend, Shiv, is murdered, and Faith has a new story: tracking down the child-trafficking ring that Shiv was investigating before she died. Both plotlines come together, of course, as Faith tastes the terror of daily life in Jerusalem from both Israeli and Palestinian points of view. Like Matt Beynon Rees, in his wonderful Omar Yussef series, Blundy, a journalist herself, puts a distinctly human face on the headlines while telling a corker of a story. Maybe she relies a little too heavily on genre clichés here—one too many scenes of the gang at the bar—but no self-respecting hard-boiled fan wants to be caught counting drinks. This is a keeper; don’t miss it. --Bill Ott
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"Faith Zanetti is the heroine we'd all love to be" -- The Mail on Sunday (UK)
"Faith Zanetti is a heroine who was waiting to be created: Tough, emotionally damaged, and drenched in alcohol, with a heart as hard as her copy and an attraction towards blood and suffering" -- Sunday Herald(UK)
"Faith Zanetti is the heroine we'd all love to be" -- The Mail on Sunday(UK)
"Like Bridget Jones on high-test vodka, Faith Zanetti is the kind of girl to make your mother shudder and your father drool...sharp and hilarious" -- The Guardian(UK)
"Quite simply, terrific" -- Bookseller(UK) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
"Faith Zanetti is a heroine who was waiting to be created: Tough, emotionally damaged, and drenched in alcohol, with a heart as hard as her copy and an attraction towards blood and suffering" -- Sunday Herald(UK)
"Faith Zanetti is the heroine we'd all love to be" -- The Mail on Sunday(UK)
"Like Bridget Jones on high-test vodka, Faith Zanetti is the kind of girl to make your mother shudder and your father drool...sharp and hilarious" -- The Guardian(UK)
"Quite simply, terrific" -- Bookseller(UK) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
funny and exciting,
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This review is from: Bad News Bible (Hardcover)
Don't read this book if you are trying to understand the Israel Palestine situation, do read it if you are interested in the world of ravaged war correspondents. Faith Zanetti is hilarious and astutely observed as are her friends and enemies in the press pack.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Anna Blundy is an undiscovered gem,
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This review is from: Bad News Bible: Faith Zanetti (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries) (Paperback)
This book is powerful and moving, not to mention thrilling and exiting. Seriously, Anna Blundy delivers a fine balance of adventure and emotion in this book, which is undoubtedly her best, I would say, excepting that I have not read Double Shot yet.
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Great for those looking for negative portraits of Israelis,
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This review is from: Bad News Bible (Hardcover)
Bundy writes a truly mediocre book full of all the false petrodollar-well-funded anti-Israel stereotypes. Don't read the book if you are interested in gaining any insights into the situation in the Middle East. Don't read the book if you are interested in reading a well written or interesting fictional mystery. In short, unless you are in prison and this is the only thing given to you to try to kill time don't waste your time with this book (and in that case just read it to laugh at how bad it is!).
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