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Kind of mystery, political, set in Italy. Writing is fantastic and keeps you reading.

Fascinating insight into the culture and history of Egypt during a turbulent time made personal by the characters and stories in the book switching between the present day and the past

I just love this whole series, partly for the murder-mystery aspect (I never see the ending coming), but mostly for the characters, in particular the two main detectives and how they work together and are building a business and a friendship together around this work which so much to the both of them. You see that neither of them are perfect, they both make mistakes, but even through their miscommunications they work so well together and they do amazing things. It's really quite inspiring. So I love the series in general, but Troubled Blood in particular is a really nice example of all of that.

This is non-fiction, but an absolutely jaw-dropping read, I recommend it to everyone. It looks at the ways that the existence and needs of women has been ignored when designing almost anything and everything you can think of, from products to policies. Really important book.