http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/rembrandts-mirror-kim-devereux-review/ - this one is on our editor's to-be-read list after October... The author was transitioning from a film maker into a novelist. three cheers for her first novel with most promising readership at large!

http://caravanistan.com/books/kazakhstan/ - 5 books from Kazakhstan