Dirt

"The body steamed gently in the heat as the birds pecked their way around it, the fetid smell of chicken feed mingling with the sulphurous whiff of smashed eggs. The pecking became indecorous as the hardest-working chicken, a champion amongst fowl, found an eyeball. Then another." When a thriller ope......more

Sarah Sultoon is back with yet another gripping political thriller. This time she transports us to a kibbutz in the north of Israel right on the border with Lebanon. Lola is a non-Jewish volunteer at the kibbutz (a communal settlement specific to Israel, usually a farm) where she works at the banana f......more

‘Dirt’ is a powerful look at the tensions on a kibbutz at the Israel and Lebanon border in the aftermath of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995. It's a complex tale full of political intrigue, complex characters, family secrets and a murder mystery at its heart. It's a book that isn't afraid......more

This was an utterly gripping book from start to finish that kept me on my toes from the outset. Sarah Sultoon is an award-winning international journalist who clearly knows what she is writing about and describes it faithfully and honestly, whilst pulling no punches. Our two main protagonists are Lol......more

Firstly thank you so much to Anne Cater and Orenda Books for inviting me to be on the Dirt blog tour. I was taken by the premise of Dirt as I've never read a book set in Israel, and I hoped to learn something from Dirt about this politically difficult area, the Middle East. The plot is a gripping tale......more