The reviewed books are:

• Blood Lies by Daniel Kalla, published by Forge books, $29.95.
• Blowing Up Russia by Alexander Litvinenko & Yuri Felshtinsky, Gibson Square/Publishers Group Canada, $21.95.
• Hamish X And The Hollow Mountain by Sean Cullen, published by Puffin Canada, $18.
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