Reviews for The Lost Pre Raphaelite by Nigel Daly
'I KNOW it sounds corny," reflects Nigel Daly of the night he and partner Brian Vowles first took a tour of the semi-ruined Biddulph Old Hall, "but the lady who... Read More
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Reviews for A Cut-Like Wound by Anita Nair
‘ Anita Nair's excellent new novel is something of a departure from her previous books, with their nuanced, intricate examinations of relationships and social status. Set during Ramadan in the... Read More
Reviews for Midway by Ian Hamilton Finlay
'The Scottish concrete poet, visual artist, short story writer, aphorist, editor, and 'avant-gardener' Ian Hamilton Finlay is one of the great polymaths of our time. His writings alone would put... Read More
Reviews for A Dark Song of Blood by Ben Pastor
Pastor's atmospheric third Martin Bora mystery (after 2012's Liar Moon) finds the German counterintelligence officer in Rome in January 1944. There Bora teams with Insp. Sandro Guidi of the Italian... Read More
Reviews for Hotel Brasil by Frei Betto
‘Frei Betto (born Carlos Alberto Libânio Christo) is a well-known figure both in literary and political circles in Brazil. As an activist friar in the 1960s, he was a staunch... Read More
Reviews for Baghdad Central by Elliott Colla
‘One rarely finds Iraqis in American fiction except as Orientalist stereotypes or objects of political desires and fantasies. Baghdad Central is unique in this respect. Its Iraqis are subjects with... Read More
Reviews for The Family by Tonino Benacquista
‘Robert De Niro starred in the terrible recent movie version of this story about a New York mobster forced to hide in Normandy in the witness protection programme after grassing... Read More
Reviews for The Silence of the Wave by Gianrico Carofiglio
‘Roberto Marias is a Carabinieri marshal in psychiatric treatment in Rome after a breakdown arising from the strains of his work as an undercover narcotics officer. At the doctor's door... Read More
Reviews for Death on Demand by Paul Thomas
‘I have to confess; I pulled Paul Thomas' novel off the 'to read' shelf as soon as I returned from a too-short trip to New Zealand, and tore through it.... Read More
Reviews for Baksheesh by Esmahan Aykol
TOP TEN INTERNATIONAL CRIME NOVELS OF 2013:‘What could be missing in the life of a woman who loves reading detective stories and has a shop specializing in crime fiction that... Read More
Reviews for A Crack in the Wall by Claudia Pineiro
‘Argentine novelist Claudia Piñeiro's new book (published by Bitter Lemon Press and translated by Miranda France) shares some common ground with her previously translated All Yours (a death that may... Read More
Reviews for Crazy Tales of Blood and Guts by Teresa Solana
‘Starts with “Still Life No 41”, shortlisted for the short story 2012 Edgar Award, in which the young twenty-six year old Director of the Museum of Ultra-Avant-Garde Art is pushed... Read More