Bookish: A HAUNTING WEEK (5#) -

This is the time of year when publishers and
book sellers tend to promote ghost stories and such . . .

# Offbeat Ghost Story: A former software executive from London buys a farm out in the country. He seems to be surrounded by a kind of time warp of yesteryear. And then he discovers that the farm is haunted. The Gate of Air by James Buchan is reviewed by Steven Poole.

# Murder Underground: Former police detective and current author of Mystery Thrillers, Matti Joensuu writes about a series of deaths which take place in subway stations in Helsinki. Priest of Evil is translated by David Hackston and reviewed here by Anita Sethi.

# "A deathly delight:"
Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book
:: reviewed by Patrick Ness with a big thumbs-up.

# Memoirs of a foreign correspondent:
Killing My Own Snakes by Ann Leslie
:: reviewed by Peter Wilby.

# A retired gentleman in India finds his life, puttering around in his garden, rather boring, so he decides to open a marriage bureau. Described as a light and quirky story. The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama reviewed by Catherine Taylor.

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