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Alumni and faculty members who would like to have their books considered for this listing should contact Stacey Himmelberger, editor of Hamilton magazine. This list, which dates back to 2018, is updated periodically with books appearing alphabetically on the date of entry.
Western Chant by Barbara Ismail K’74
December 5, 2022
Tags Alumni Book Kirkland College Alumna
(Melton Mowbray, United Kingdom: Monsoon Books, 2022).
According to the publisher: “When a dikir barat singer is invited to perform at a circumcision ceremony in a remote coastal village in Kelantan, Malaysia, things take an unexpected turn in the normally quiet fish market. Mak Cik Maryam is called to investigate a baffling double murder, and the motives must be untangled and the guilty identified. Maryam’s own life is in grave danger when she and Mak Cik Rubiah delve deeper into this world of secrets.” Join Maryam in her sixth adventure in the latest in the Kain Songket Mysteries series.
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