The May 2013 issue of Andrew Andrews’s True Review (Number 84) is now available on the web. The quarterly review ‘zine kicks off with a commentary about the life of a police officer (“Boredom, Interrupted by Violence”) and an editorial on privacy and technology (“The Very Candid Camera”). This issue has 11 feature book reviews by Andrews and by Debra Jackson-Andrews, and two other recommendations.

The books with featured reviews in this issue include:
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol by Gyles Brandreth
The Village Sang to the Sea by Bruce McAllister
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution edited by Ann VanderMeer
Ghosts: Recent Hauntings edited by Paula Guran
Into the Darkness edited by C. Dennis Moore and David G. Barnett
The Chalice by Nancy Bilveau
Angelopolis by Danielle Trussoni
River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay
Buring Father Tim by Tom Robertson

Recommendations include:
Out of Stone by John G. Rees
Sherlock Holmes: The Quality of Mercy and Other Stories by William Meikle