...yet more Philip Spires reviews
Read Philip Spires book reviews and discover captivating fiction, including Ken Scott's A Million Would Be Nice, A Bucket of Ashes, and more curated literary gems.
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A Bucket of Ashes
by Jill Lanchbery
As friends separated by time, distance, and culture meet again in Nigeria, their lives intertwine. They are forced to confront their problems and make choices they had never wanted or expected to make.
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Mission
by Philip Spires
Michael, a missionary priest in Kenya, has just killed Munyasya, a retired army officer. It might have been an accident, but Mulonzya, a politician resentful of the power of foreign churches, tries to exploit the tragedy for his own ends. Boniface, a young church worker, and his wife, Josephine, have just lost their child. They did not make it to the hospital in time, possibly because Michael made a detour to retrieve a letter from the Mission, a letter from Janet, a former volunteer teacher who was the priest's neighbour for two years. It is Munyasya who has the last laugh, however, when he reveals that he was probably in control of events all along. Thirty years on, the same characters find their lives still influenced by his memory.
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A Million Would Be Nice
by Ken Scott
Good looks, top job in the city, a Ferrari, multiple homes--Donavan Smith had it all. When Vicky Mackenzie tells him all about the cold-blooded murder of her husband, the phony bank raid, and how the money was still out there somewhere, Donavan wonders how he can get his hands on the money.
