Having Faith

Two recent releases by reporter-turned-author Anna Blundy acquaint us with a fascinating Brit journalist who loves working the world’s most dangerous zones. We first met Faith Zanetti in The Bad News Bible (originally published in the UK in 2004), which has recently been reissued by that ace reprint house Felony & Mayhem. This gorgeous paperback is set in Jerusalem, where the sexy and cynical Faith swaps kisses and gossip with a brutal Israeli general and tries to avenge the death of her best friend. Next, in Vodka Neat (which was brought out in the States last year), we’re transported to Moscow, where Faith, as a teenager, married a Russian gangster. Now, 15 years later, those bad old days are back to get her.

Reviewers and readers in the UK love Faith, whose dialogue and antics might even give journalism a good name.

A new installment of the series, Breaking Faith, is due out on both sides of the Atlantic come July.