Joan's picks: The Spoiled Heart and The Final Diagnosis

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The Spoiled Heart by Sunjeev Sahota: Nayan Olak is a union man through and through, who feels his time has come to take on the leadership of Britain’s largest union and is almost guaranteed the job. He’s never recovered from losing his mother and son in a house fire 20 years ago, but a relationship with Helen, a mysterious woman who’s returned to his town with her teenage son after many years away, offers some kind of a future. Nayan though is a man on the edge of a precipice, and he’s about to be blindsided. The author also wrote the wonderful China Room which was longlisted for the Booker Prize.

The Final Diagnosis by Cynric Temple Camp: He’s a forensic pathologist and the author of two previous books both of which were bestsellers. He says that the 'if' of death is certain. The 'when' is unknown. It’s the 'why' that really gets people's interest and these are more strange-but-true stories of death, disease and murder, as well as new perspectives on high-profile cases, including the disappearance of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope, the trial of Mark Lundy, and the ill-fated journey of Ansett New Zealand Flight 703.

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