PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
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Fire, brimstone and ashes of race hate
MAT COWARD rounds-up another bumper crop of issue-based thrillers
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
A new street drug is causing gang wars across Belfast, in Fire And Brimstone by Colin Bateman (Headline, £14.99), with death tolls rivalling the height of "the troubles."
One apparent casualty is a media mogul's student daughter, who has vanished after a massacre at a party.
Former reporter and reluctant private eye Dan Starkey is hired to find her, dead or alive. This would be hard enough for a half-way competent detective but for the disaster-magnet that is Starkey it's near impossible.
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